Botticelli.
Richard Davey (1845 - 1915)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 3218992
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx p., 64 (i.e. 72) plates (8 mounted):. ill.,. 24 cm. With a publicity leaflet laid in at plate 51 for "The story of stories" by R.C. Gillie. Provenance: illustrated bookplate (photograph) of Dorothy E. Johnston 1906; inscribed D.E. Johnston. Inscribed on endpaper facing series titlepage: "Dorothy E. Johnston With mother's love - Sept. 1905" [ie. Dorothy Edith Johnston, F.R.G.S., (1880-1962) from her mother, Bertha Harriette Johnston, née Saward, (1852-1934)]. Binding: publisher's quarter cream cloth; lilac paper over boards, title gold-lettered onto spine; upper board with device and "Newnes' art library".
Makers and roles
Richard Davey (1845 - 1915)