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The Sixth Duke of Devonshire's Handbook of Chatsworth. Edited with an introduction by John Martin Robertson de (Roxburghe Cub) - 2020
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The Sixth Duke of Devonshire's Handbook of Chatsworth. Edited with an introduction by John Martin Robertson
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Printed for the Roxburghe Club, 2020. Edition of 500 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Grey faux leather boards based on the Duchess's Copy, decorative endsheets. As New. Edition of 500 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Facsimile Edition of the 1844-5 Handbook to Chatsworth published by Frederic Shoberl Jr., "the most delightful and informative historic description of an English country house".
"The [original] book is extremely rare. The [Sixth] Duke referred to the small number of copies in a postscript. He intended them as gifts to his near relations. Only twelve octavo copies are thought to have been produced originally and some of these have disappeared. The Duke also commissioned two large-paper copies for himself which are now in the Library at Chatsworth".
This finely produced facsimile has been taken from the copy formerly at Castle Howard and now at Chatsworth. The 6th Duke's additions and changes recorded in manuscript in his personal working copy have been included in the wide margins of this edition together with notes explaining the well- known people and places mentioned. These are augmented by the Duke's notes and brief additional biographical sketches at the end; watercolour illustrations from the large-paper Chatsworth copy of the Handbook and the Devonshire Collections are included. The binding design is based on a copy at Chatsworth known as the Duchess's Copy. The endpapers' design taken from a detail of the curtains in the library at Chatsworth.
Charles Sebag-Montefiore published an excellent and entertaining census of copies in the Book Collector 72:1 (Spring 2023), pp. 106-116.
"The [original] book is extremely rare. The [Sixth] Duke referred to the small number of copies in a postscript. He intended them as gifts to his near relations. Only twelve octavo copies are thought to have been produced originally and some of these have disappeared. The Duke also commissioned two large-paper copies for himself which are now in the Library at Chatsworth".
This finely produced facsimile has been taken from the copy formerly at Castle Howard and now at Chatsworth. The 6th Duke's additions and changes recorded in manuscript in his personal working copy have been included in the wide margins of this edition together with notes explaining the well- known people and places mentioned. These are augmented by the Duke's notes and brief additional biographical sketches at the end; watercolour illustrations from the large-paper Chatsworth copy of the Handbook and the Devonshire Collections are included. The binding design is based on a copy at Chatsworth known as the Duchess's Copy. The endpapers' design taken from a detail of the curtains in the library at Chatsworth.
Charles Sebag-Montefiore published an excellent and entertaining census of copies in the Book Collector 72:1 (Spring 2023), pp. 106-116.
- Librería James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Formato/Encuadernación Illustrated. 1 vols. Large 8vo
- Estado del libro Nuevo Grey faux leather boards based on the Duchess's Copy, decorative endsheets. As New
- Cantidad disponible 1
- Edición Edition of 500 copies
- Editorial Printed for the Roxburghe Club
- Fecha de publicación 2020
- Palabras clave Book-Collecting