The dial of love : a gift book for the young.
Mary Botham Howitt (1799-1888)
Category
Books
Date
1852
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206976
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 216 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18cm. Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "Edward Lionel Scott [(1844-1922), an uncle of Louisa Matilda Yorke] from his affectionate brother Thomas James Scott [(1828-1907), Rector of Chilton Foliot (Wiltshire), father of Louisa Matilda Yorke] , May 1854". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth, blind and gilt embossed. Yellow endpapers, gilt edges. Spine damaged, joints broken, text-block loose.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Mary Botham Howitt (1799-1888)