Shelfmark
Gk.1.09
Author
Stothard, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1786 - 1821 (Charles Alfred),
Title
The monumental effigies of Great Britain; selected from our cathedrals and churches for the purpose of bringing together, and preserving correct representations of the best historical illustrations extant, from the Norman conquest to the reign of Henry the Eighth. By C.A. Stothard. Dedicated by permission to the Prince Regent..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by J. McCreery, Black Horse Court, for the author: and to be had of him , 28, Newman Street, Oxford Street; John Murray, Albemarle Street; and all booksellers., 1817..
Physical description
[20], 2 p., 40 leaves of plates, [2] p., 79 leaves of plates, [2] p. ill. (some col.) ; 48 cm. (Fol.)
Note
"Introductions and descriptions ... by Alfred John Kempe ... 1832."
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown; additional bookplate on facing flyleaf.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Major General Francis Fane Lambarde (1868-1948) on front pastedown.
Binding
20th-century quarter-bound burgandy morocco and cloth over ?pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets to separate leather from textile. Spine decorated with five raised bands, decorated with double gilt fillets, tools and titling ("Monuental effigies"; "Stothard"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Sepulchral monuments Great Britain.
Subject
Christian antiquities Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Kempe, Alfred John, 1785? - 1846 author of introduction.
Added entry--name
McCreery, John, 1768 - 1832 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Lambarde, Francis Fane, 1868 - 1948 former owner.
Added entry--name
John Murray bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51292