The printer boy : how Benjamin Franklin made his mark. An example for youth.
William Makepeace Thayer (1820-1898)
Category
Books
Date
1860
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206961
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 264, [8] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17cm. Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "Philip Yorke Dec[em]ber 1861" [i.e. Philip Yorke II of Erddig (1849-1922), son of Simon Yorke III of Erddig and Victoria Mary Louisa Cust]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full textured purple cloth, blind and gilt embossed.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
William Makepeace Thayer (1820-1898), author Julian Portch (d.1865)