The fifteen decisive battles of the world: from Marathon to Waterloo. By Sir Edward Creasy, ...
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812-1878)
Category
Books
Date
1867
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3217167
Summary
Bibliographic description
Sixteenth edition. xxiii, [1], 639, [1] p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm (8vo). Old Lyme park library shelfmark label: Case C. Shelf 5. Bookseller’s ticket : H. & C. Treacher, (late King & Co.[)], booksellers, publishers & stationers, 1, North St. & 44, East St., Brighton. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate: 'Lyme', signed 'J. F. Badeley. fecit 1904' [i.e. Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). Inscribed: "To T.W. Legh. Prize for Industry. (2nd Class) from W.R. Lee Brighton, Xmas 1868." Binding: nineteenth-century red calf; double gold fillet and blind roll border; gold stamped monogram: WL; gold tooled spine; five false bands; all edges gold.
Makers and roles
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812-1878)