Foot-prints of the creator : or, the asterolepis of Stromness.
Hugh Miller (1802-1856)
Category
Books
Date
1861
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3208688
Summary
Bibliographic description
lxxii, 352, ii p. : ill. ; 19cm. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, with motto: Addere legi justitiam decus. In banner: "Charles Bowyer Adderley", and underneath: "Hams Hall, Warwickshire" [i.e. Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton (1814-1905)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, double gilt fillet forming a border, gilt board edges and blind doublure. Sewn on three recessed cords (five raised bands), gilt tooled on spine, green and brown leather spine labels, lettered in gilt: "Miller's Works" and "Vol. VIII. Foot-prints of the creator". Bound uniformly and shelved with a 6 vol. set of Miller's collected works and two separately published works.
Makers and roles
Hugh Miller (1802-1856), author Louis Agassiz (1807 - 1873) Harriet Myrtle (1811-1876)