The Huguenots. Their settlements, churches and industries, in England and Ireland
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3185100
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx, 458p., plate :. ill.,. 8vo. Provenance: inscribed by the author "To the Right Honourable Ea[crossed through]rnest George Sington with the author’s kindest regards. S Smiles London 4 May 1891”. With a small oval portrait of Smiles pasted next to inscription. Inscribed also "Leonard Messel from Aunt Georgie". Provenance: armorial bookplate, motto Dirigat deus, lettered “Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel” [i.e. Leonard Messel (1872-1953)]. Binding: bound uniform with four other works by Smiles in half polished calf; brown marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers; gold tops; title gold-lettered direct onto spine. Binder's stamp "John Bumpus ...".
Makers and roles
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)