British architects and craftsmen : a survey of taste, design, and style during three centuries 1600 to 1830 / by Sacheverell Sitwell ; with 200 illustrations from photographs, prints and drawings.
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897 - 1988)
Category
Books
Date
1945
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260062
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii, [1], 196 p., [52] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by the Sitwells. 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)]. Gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binder's[?] pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Fairhaven 3433". Binding: Twentieth-century half light brown morocco, light brown cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine compartments; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; green spine label, gilt lettered: 'British architects and craftsmen / Sacheverell Sitwell'; gilt top edge; light blue-grey endpapers. Binder's ink-stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897 - 1988), author