Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
1612958432
Owen, Emily. The Heroines of Domestic Life. . By Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen. A new edition. London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, Farringdon Street; New York: 56, Walker Street, 1862. London: Cox and Wyman, printers, Great Queen Street. xii, 403p. 7 plates. The plates are signed with the monogram of John Dawson Watson, and also signed: “Dalziel”. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down. Binding: The design is by John Leighton. Beige yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers identically blocked in blind on the borders and on the corners with an ornamental frame. Two fillets are blocked on the borders. Leaf and curling stems are blocked in blind on each corner. The upper cover central vignette is blocked in gold. The title: "/ The/ Heroines/ of/ Domestic/ Life/" is blocked in gold. The capitals "H", "D", "L" are block… (See Merlin record for full description)
Reproduced by permission of the artist. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Sorry, this image is not available for download. For more information please contact British Museum images
Contact BM Images