The life and times of Louis the Fourteenth. /. By G. P. R. James, Esq.
George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860)
Category
Books
Date
1838
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257579
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition.. 4v. :. ports. ;. 8vo. Imperfect: Vols. 1-3 only. Foxing on frontispieces. Torn remnants of glued paper on pastedowns. Vol. 1: Upper and lower boards and spine cover (torn) disbound. All signatures to page 145 coming loose. Vol. 2: upper boards and spine cover to page vi, and multiple signatures in textblock coming loose. Vol. 3: Spine torn. Provenance: Vol. 1: adhered to front pastedown, remnants of North Erpingham Book Society label. Binding: Publisher's ivory cloth (with heavy foxing), embossed blind decorative tooling, central gilt embossed heraldic device on upper boards. Gilt lettered spine.
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860), author