A Cambridge scrap-book :. containing, in a pictorial form, a report of the manners, customs, humours and pastimes of the University of Cambridge /. "from information received" by a special commissioner appointed (according to ancient precedents in the University) by himself ; with an appendix of papers on applied mathematics.
John Lewis Roget (1828-1908)
Category
Books
Date
1859
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257785
Summary
Bibliographic description
35 leaves ;. ill. ;. 19 x28 cm (oblong folio). Upper boards and all pages to page 3, pages 13 and 18 disbound. Pages 2, 13 and 18 torn. Inserted between front pastedown and flyleaf, 25 cm 4-page pamphlet, torn at central fold, for Royal Festival Hall Royal Concert on St. Cecilia's Day, Thursday 22 November 1951. Binding: remnants of red cloth spine, publisher's illustrated paper wrapper over boards (torn).
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
John Lewis Roget (1828-1908)