Washington and the American republic. / By Benson J. Lossing ...
Benson John Lossing (1813-1891)
Category
Books
Date
1870
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3249434.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2 : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown morocco; blind fillets to form a panel design with blind stamped floral cornerpieces; gilt stamped title as centrepiece on upper and lower boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Washington and the American republic', 'B.J. Lossing. / Vol. II.'; gilt stamped floral sprays in remaining spine compartments; blind rolls and fillets on spine; gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; pale yellow endpapers.
Makers and roles
Benson John Lossing (1813-1891), author