Shelfmark
CS.1436.09 - CS.1436.10
Author
Title
Costume of the ancients : in two volumes / by Thomas Hope.
Edition
A new edition, much enlarged.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, MDCCCXLI. [1841]
Physical description
2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
Note
Includes half-titles.
Note
Each vol. has a separate title page.
Note
"London: R. Clay, printer, Bread Street Hill"--Half-title verso.
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: xvi, 50, [6] p., 155 leaves of plates; vol. 2: [12] p., 156-321 [i.e. 315] leaves of plates.
Note
"Three hundred and twenty one plates"--T.p.
Note
Illustrations no. 313-321 are on 3 double-leaved plates.
Provenance
Eton School Library label on front pastedown: "Not to be taken out of the Library", crossed out in black ink.
Provenance
Eton School Library armorial bookplate on front pastedown reading "Liber E bibliotheca regie schole Etonensis Esto Perpetua dono dedit Honble. Mrs. Durant In Memoriam N. F. D. [supplied in ms.]", recording the donation to the Eton College Library, and dated on March 1919 [supplied in ms.].
Binding
19th century full red morocco binding; gilt double fillet border and decorative frame on boards, with a central gilt stamped classical urn device on boards; five raised bands; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; gilt edges; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Plate no. 29 from vol. 1 lacking; plate nos. 209 and 210 in vol. 2 partially trimmed.
Copy-specific note
Vol. 1 lacks half-title; two leaves of plates tipped in at front in its place.
Copy-specific note
Ink stamp "Reserve Stock" on front free endpaper verso.
Copy-specific note
Library markings in pencil and black ink on front and rear flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
Printed label with previous shelfmark "391" taped to spine.
Subject
Costume Greece.
Subject
Costume Rome.
Subject
Costume Egypt.
Added entry--name
Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796 - 1884 publisher.
Added entry--name
Clay, Richard, 1789 - 1877 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54065