The marriages of the Bonapartes / by the Hon. D.A. Bingham author of 'The siege of Paris ; in two volumes.
Bingham, D
Category
Books
Date
1882
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3251631
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition. 2 v. ; 8vo. Extra-illustrated. Pencil note on front pastedown in vol. 1: "2 vols. 96 Extra illustr". Pencil notes on rear pastedown in vol. 1: "4.17.6", "Yn/-", "2 vols", "60 postcards inserted", "c/u/-" and "Hbhf[?]. Ephemera: blank scrap of paper loosely inserted in vol. 1. Provenance: Twentieth-century seal armorial bookplate (not in Franks): 'Herbert Henry Raphael' [i.e. Major Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt. (1859-1924)]. 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: Late nineteenth- / early twentieth-century full red morocco; double gilt fillet and gilt roll to form an outer border; gilt stamped cornerpieces: crown and letter 'N'; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; gilt tooled spines, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The marriages of the Bonapartes' and 'Bingham. / Vol. I[-II].'; gilt stamped design of crown and letter 'N' in remaining spine compartments; gilt roll on board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt top edges; red ribbon marker in each vol. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-ins: 'Bound by J Larkins'.
Makers and roles
Bingham, D, author