Greece: pictorial, descriptive, and historical. By Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. ... With numerous engravings illustrative of the scenery, architecture, costume, and fine arts of that country. And A history of the characteristics of Greek art, by George Scharf, F.S.A.
Christopher Wordsworth, (1807 - 1885), Bishop of Lincoln
Category
Books
Date
1859
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248513
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition, carefully revised. xxiv,452p., plates : ill., maps ; 26cm. Provenance: Golden Age armorial bookplate, lettered: William Earl of Stamford and Baron Grey of Groby [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]; engr. C.W. Sherborn RE 1900. Inscribed "William Grey Greek Rose Prize August 1867. St. Andrew's College, Bradfield. Binding: nineteenth-century full vellum, with gilt stamped Bradfield school device, 1dated 862. Gilt lettered red spine label: Wordsworth's Greece.
Makers and roles
Christopher Wordsworth, (1807 - 1885), Bishop of Lincoln Sir George Scharf (London 1820 - London 1895)