Silas Marner /
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3186761
Summary
Bibliographic description
312 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: twentieth century armorial bookplate with two crests and motto "Suivez raison" and manuscript inscription "A. D. Burnett Brown 'Xmas 1910", i.e. Alexander Burnett Brown, 1894-1966, on front pastedown; manuscript inscription repeated on verso of first free end-paper. Binding: twentieth century publisher's binding in textured red cloth over boards; gilt tooled facsimile signature "George Eliot" in centre of upper board; gilt tooling and gilt tooled title "Silas Marner George Eliot" on spine; red silk bookmark.
Makers and roles
George Eliot (1819 - 1880) Percy Tarrant