A collection of rare old Chinese porcelains : collected by Sir William Bennett / purchased & exhibited by Gorer … May-June 1910.
Gorer (Firm : London, England)
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256832
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 40 p., [14] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Pencil number at foot of frontispiece: "96" [i.e. item no. in catalogue]. Pencil number on front free endpaper verso: "269". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Spink & Son / 6 King St / St. James's St / S.W." ["King" originally written as "Kings": s crossed through]. Twentieth-century bookplate (crest in roundel) with motto ‘Si je puis’ and lettered: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full dark green cloth; double blind fillets (thick and thin) to form an outer border on boards; gilt lettered upper board; yellow endpapers.
Makers and roles
Gorer (Firm : London, England), author