Historical record of the Seventy-third regiment: : containing an account of the formation of the regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-second Royal Highlanders, in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851. / Compiled by Richard Cannon, ...
Richard Cannon (1779 - 1865)
Category
Books
Date
1851
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3237677
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xxxii, 76 p., [3] leaves of plates ; 8vo. Pencil inscription on verso of front free endpaper, describing this copy. Ephemera: loosely inserted letter, Sept. 4, 1925, to "Huttleston" from "Queenborough", sending him this book for his collection [i.e. to Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861-1949)]. Pencil marking on p. 73 (referred to in letter). Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 1924: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Manuscript inscription from the author on second front free endpaper: "Mrs. Colonel Sutherland. / Presented with much Esteem / and affectionate Regard. / Richard Cannon. / 1st October 1851.". Binding: Nineteenth-century full green morocco; double gilt fillet (thick and thin) to form an outer border; gilt fillets and tools and blind fillets to form central panel; gilt-stamped decorative cornerpieces; gilt centrepiece: royal coat of arms; gilt title on boards: 'Record of the 73rd. regiment from 1780 to 1851'; spine gilt with pictorial stamps, lettered direct: 'Record of the Seventy third regiment from 1780 to 1851'; recessed cords; five false bands; gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins (floral design); gilt textblock edges; green endpapers.
Makers and roles
Richard Cannon (1779 - 1865), author