Windsor Castle. : An historical romance. / By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. ... ; illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. With designs on wood, by W. Alfred Delamotte.
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1843
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3253606
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition. x, [2], 324 p., [20], III leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. With four final pages of publisher's advertisements. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Fine copy of the Earliest Issue". Pencil marks against entries in list of illustrations. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "G W Conaghan"[?]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear free endpaper: 'Robson & Co., 7, Hanover Street, W.1.', stamped in red ink 'Collated perfect' with manuscript initials and date: "R.C.C. 13/7/25". Binding: Nineteenth-century full blue cloth; blind blocked panel design on boards; gilt blocked centrepiece on upper board: outline of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle within a trellis frame with gilt lettering: 'Windsor Castle.'; gilt blocked spine, lettered: 'The romance of Windsor Castle by W. Harrison Ainsworth illustrated by George Cruikshank'; yellow endpapers. In brown morocco box with gilt tooling and cream silk lining, gilt stamped: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'.
Makers and roles
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882), author George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), illustrator Tony Johannot (Offenbach 1803 – Paris 1852) , illustrator Delamotte, William, 1775-1863, illustrator