Stambul.
Category
Books
Date
c. 1932
Materials
Place of origin
Istanbul
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256190
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm x 23 cm. Plates numbered in pencil in lower left hand corner. 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)]. Gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at foot of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half blue morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Stambul - 1932'; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at foot of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'