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The autocrat of the breakfast-table by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

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Books

Date

1895

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Place of origin

London

Collection

Mount Stewart, County Down

NT 3222317

Summary

Bibliographic description

315, [1] p. ; 8vo (14cm). Provenance: Nineteenth-century[?] badge bookplate, with motto on sash "Metuenda corolla draconis" and lettered "Herbert Vane-Tempest" [i.e. Lord Herbert Lionel Henry Vane-Tempest (1862-1921), youngest son of George 5th Marquess of Londonderry and Mary Cornelia Edwards]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green calf on marbled paper over boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt-top, marbled endpapers.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

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