The history and antiquities of Barnwell Abbey, and of Sturbridge Fair.
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3259129
Summary
Bibliographic description
84, 104, 32 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : map, port. ; 4to. Extra-illustrated with two additional plates. Pencil price on front pastedown: "15/-". Pencil notes on front pastedown in the hand of Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966): "Etching of Jacob Butler Rembrant [sic] 1630 / Plan of the Fair 1725 / Added / Interior View of St Marys Chapel by Cotman / 1818 / + View of part of the Village of Barnwell / (this View looks more like a view of Ditton Rectory + Paddock?)" Pencil note on half-title: "2 plates". Ephemera: loosely inserted clipping from bookdealer's catalogue describing Holdich's "The history of Crowland Abbey..." (Stamford, 1816), price 10/-, which is shelved nearby. 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)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter maroon morocco, maroon cloth over boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'History of Barnwell Abbey & Sturbridge Fair'.