The great auk's eggs.
Darley Dale (1848 - 1931)
Category
Books
Date
circa 1886
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3219848
Summary
Bibliographic description
158,[2]p., [1] leaf of plates: ill. ; 18cm. Contains 16 p. of publisher's advertisement at the end. Provenance: Inscribed on verso flyleaf "Dickie with best wishes from Hilda Christmas 1894" [presented to Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley, by Hilda Ethelfreda Harpur Crewe (1877-1949), daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's illustrated full brown cloth, black lettering on upper cover and spine. Publisher's advertisement on endpapers.
Makers and roles
Darley Dale (1848 - 1931) Charles Whymper (London 1853 – Houghton, Cambs. 1941) Religious Tract Society