Book
Category
Books
Date
1810
Materials
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3231081
Summary
Book in slip-case.
Bibliographic description
Provenance: manuscript inscription on front endpaper: "Donné à Amélina par Madame Lupeuil sa cousine. le 5 Juin 1828. [illegible signature]" [i.e. given to Amélina Petit de Billier (1798-1876), governess and female companion to the Feilding and Talbot families]. Binding: ninteenth-century straight-grained red goatskin over thin boards; gold-tooled with a floral design on covers and spine; gilt edges. In slip-case of gold-tooled straight-grained red goatskin.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.