FDA-V.12-2016
Parts
Object number
FDA-V.12-2016
Object type
Identification
Title
Annotated copy of 'Picturae Antiqae Cryptarium Romanarum et Sepulcri Nasonum'
Description
Printed text (Picturæ Antiquæ Cryptarum Romanarum et Sepulcri Nasonum), with inscriptions and additions of watercolour by Laura Buchanan and documents, by George Richmond, Mary Farrer and Arthur Richmond Farrer.115 leaves, numbered in pencil with page numbers top right corner (printed page numbers also present).
Description
Content (note)
Watercolour of a tomb by Laura M. Buchanan pasted onto endpaper, with ink inscriptions:
Inscribed on watercolour, lower right, in black pen & ink: 'Interior of the Nassone [Sic; Nasone] Tomb/ drawn by Laura M. Buchanan / April 1867. Shewing [sic] the / present state of the interior / of the tomb.'
Inscribed beneath the drawing in black pen & ink: 'The tomb as it appeared in 1867. / Sketched by my daughter Laura / GR'
p. 1 flyleaf, signed and dated by 'George Richmond / March13 1866 / Mary Farrer / May 1897 / Arthur Richmond Farrer / May 1916', with bookplate signed by Arthur R. Farrer, and letter offering the book to School Library in 1917, written by Arthur R. Farrer
pp. 2-3 title pages
pp. 4-50 book text
p. 51 letter written by George Richmond pasted on page, and pencil inscription by another hand below
p. 51 verso letter pasted n page
p. 52 ink inscription by George Richmond at top of page, signed 1870
pp. 53-88 book text
p. 88 verso letter written by George Richmond pasted on page
pp. 89-113 book text
pp. 114-115 blank
Inscribed on watercolour, lower right, in black pen & ink: 'Interior of the Nassone [Sic; Nasone] Tomb/ drawn by Laura M. Buchanan / April 1867. Shewing [sic] the / present state of the interior / of the tomb.'
Inscribed beneath the drawing in black pen & ink: 'The tomb as it appeared in 1867. / Sketched by my daughter Laura / GR'
p. 1 flyleaf, signed and dated by 'George Richmond / March13 1866 / Mary Farrer / May 1897 / Arthur Richmond Farrer / May 1916', with bookplate signed by Arthur R. Farrer, and letter offering the book to School Library in 1917, written by Arthur R. Farrer
pp. 2-3 title pages
pp. 4-50 book text
p. 51 letter written by George Richmond pasted on page, and pencil inscription by another hand below
p. 51 verso letter pasted n page
p. 52 ink inscription by George Richmond at top of page, signed 1870
pp. 53-88 book text
p. 88 verso letter written by George Richmond pasted on page
pp. 89-113 book text
pp. 114-115 blank
Physical description
Patterned paper-bound with leather spine
Production
Date
1866-1917
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton college by Arthur Richmond Farrer in 1917
