Engravings of sepulchral brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk,. tending to illustrate the ecclesiastical, military, and civil costume as well as to preserve memorials of ancient families in that county.. By John Sell Cotman, esq.; with an introductory essay by Dawson Turner ...
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217091
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second ed.,. with additional plates, and with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick ... Albert Way, esq. and Sir Harris Nicolas .... 2 v. , plates:. ill. (partly fold.);. fol. Provenance: with two bookplates: illustrated bookplate of T.N. Brushfield M.D. F.S.A. [i.e. Thomas Nadauld Brushfield, antiquarian (1828-1910)]; monogram bookplate of Jas Woods, picture of an owl and verse "Life loiters at the books first page Ah! could we but turn the page". Inscribed "R.W. Ketton-Cremer. These volumes were given to me by my old friend Dr Hubert C. Dent of Cromer, in June 1944, not long before his death." [i.e. the property of [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half green morocco; marbled paper over boards; gold-tooled on spines; gold tops; spine title: Cotman's Sepulchral Brasses.
Makers and roles
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842) Dawson Turner (1775-1858)