The book of princes and princesses / by Mrs. Lang ; edited by Andrew Lang ; with eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
Leonora Blanche Lang, Mrs Andrew Lang (1851-1933)
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258736
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix, [1], 361, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (8 col.) ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Brentano's / Booksellers & Stationers, / New York.' Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; single gilt fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: angel presenting crown to young prince with princess seated on the ground; gilt stamped illustration on spine: sword and crown with pattern of roses in the background; gilt lettered spine; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Leonora Blanche Lang, Mrs Andrew Lang (1851-1933), author Walter Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor Henry Justice Ford (London 1860-1941), illustrator