History of Europe. from the commencement of the French Revolution to the restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. /
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792 - 1867)
Category
Books
Date
1849 - 1850
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3188394
Summary
Bibliographic description
14v., plates. ports... 8vo. . Vols. 1 (1849 and 1850 eds.), 3-9, 11-14. Provenance: armorial bookplate, motto Dirigat deus, lettered “Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel” [i.e. Leonard Messel (1872-1953)] over earlier bookplate lettered L. Messel 1886 [i.e. Ludwig Messel (1847-1915)]. Binding: full sprinkled calf; gold foliate border; gold-tooled on spine; red and green spine labels, gold-lettered; marbled endpapers and edges. Some boards and spine labels detached.
Makers and roles
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792 - 1867)