The first George in Hanover and England,
Lewis Melville (1874-1932)
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3180698.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2, plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Mostly unopened. Provenance: large pictorial bookplate headed: “En Dios Mi Amparo Esperanza”; with view of Tyntesfield; coat of arms and armour below; Tenax Propositi / George Abraham Gibbs, of Tyntesfield" [i.e. George Abraham 1st Baron Wraxall (1873-1931)]; ink stamped underneath: Col. The Right Honourable George A. Gibbs, M.P. Binding: purple publisher's cloth, gold embossed cover medallion; gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Lewis Melville (1874-1932)