CORRESPONDENCE OF MR JOSEPH JEKYLL with his sister-in-law Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley 1818-1888 . Preceded by some letters letters written to his father from France, 1775.

JEKYLL, Joseph, ed. with 'brief memoir' by Algernon Bourke

Verlag: John Murray, London, 1894

Beschreibung

f/piece with tissue-guard+xxviii+358, faint floral dec. to endpapers; engr. ex-libris plate of Adrian Eeles centre fr. pastedown (tumbling classic columns), small engr. coat of arms of Frank Bridge Hitchcock centre fr. endpaper, slipped in sheet 'information from the College of Arms' has short biog.details of Jekyll (1753-1837) and his wife Anna Maria nee Sloane who died in 1808, with details of his coat of arms on separate slip, the full coloured coat of arms 'Jekyll impaling Sloane' hand-painted on recto front fly, occupying full page, thin paper-split lowerfr.gutter, rear gutter split exposing netting but firm, tanning to outer sides of both endpaper, covers clean and bright, though sp.a tad faded, circular gilt motif centre fr.,bottom outer corner bumped, others slightly so. Jekyll was a lawyer, M.P. and Attorney General to the Prince of Wales according to College of Arms biog. Byron, Wellington and George IV mentioned in numerous places. Size: 15.5 Cms x 22.5 Cms. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011715

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CORRESPONDENCE OF MR JOSEPH JEKYLL with his ...

Verlag: John Murray, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1894

Einband: Red Cloth

Zustand: VG-

Auflage: 1st ed.