The edible mollusca of Great Britain and Ireland : with recipes for cooking them.
Matilda Sophia Lovell (1831-1899)
Category
Books
Date
1884
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3207871
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 310, [2], 16 p., 12 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 19cm. Labelled "28". Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe [i.e. (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley] with his grandmother's love on his birthday, April 5th 1895" [probably Georgiana Jane Henrietta Eliza Stanhope Lovell (1824-1910) m. Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt, in 1845 and sister of the author]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full blue cloth, gilt centre-piece (snail), gilt lettering on spine. Yellow endpapers.
Makers and roles
Matilda Sophia Lovell (1831-1899)