True stories, from ancient history
Maria Elizabeth Budden (1780-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206715.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
vol. 1. ill. ;16mo. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: "Painter, Bookseller, Wrexham". Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "Etheldred Yorke Erthig" [i.e. Etheldred Yorke (1812-1899), daughter of Simon Yorke II of Erddig and Margaret Holland]. Also in pencil on upper flyleaf: "Etheldred Yorke the gift of her affectionate sister Anne [i.e. Anne Yorke (1810-1853)], Erthig". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's quarter red sheep on marbled paper boards. Edges mottled blue.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Maria Elizabeth Budden (1780-1832), author