The speeches of the Duke of Wellington in Parliament. Collected and arranged by the late Colonel Gurwood, ... In two volumes. ...
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769 - 1852)
Category
Books
Date
1854
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3217776
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ; 23cm (8vo). Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson, created Earl of Lichfield, 1831 (1795-1854); and also used by subsequent earls]. Binding: nineteenth-century green calf; double gilt fillet and blind roll border; five false bands; gilt spines, board edges and turn-ins; spine stamped with Lichfield cypher and earl's coronet in gold. (Uniform with others in set of political speeches; whole set in poor condition.)
Makers and roles
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769 - 1852) John Gurwood (1790-1845)