Bibliotheca Grenvilliana; or Bibliographical notices of rare and curious books, forming part of the library of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville: by John Thomas Payne and Henry Foss. ...
British Museum
Category
Books
Date
1842 - 1872
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225013
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 pts. in 4 v. ; 4to. Running number: 7707 (v. 1-2); 7708 (v. 3). Imperfect: wanting part 3. Vol. 2 has worm holes at foot of leaves throughout. Provenance: pencil note in hand of Cecil Clarabut[?], the Trust's first Libraries Adviser, on vol. 1 front pastedown: "1 of 150 copies". Binding: nineteenth-century olive green embossed patterned cloth over boards; printed label on spines: (v. 1) 'Bibliotheca Grenvilliana. Vol. I. Index. A-K', (v. 2) 'Bibliotheca Grenvilliana. Vol. II. L-Z'. Addenda', and (v. 3) 'Bibliotheca Grenvilliana. Part the second'.
Makers and roles
British Museum, organisation Payne, John Thomas, author Foss, Henry, author William Benchley Rye (1818-1901) , author