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The Book of old sundials & their mottoes / with eight illustrations in colour by Alfred Rawlings and thirty-six drawings of some famous sundials by Warrington Hogg.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection QB215 .B6 1914
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Launcelot., Author.
- Series:
- Grey old gardens series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sundials.
- Mottoes.
- Genre:
- Paper bindings (Binding).
- Pictorial bindings (Binding) -- 1914.
- Physical Description:
- 102 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Old sundials & their mottoes
- Book of sundials
- Place of Publication:
- London : T. N. Foulis ; Boston : Le Roy Phillips , 1914.
- Contents:
- Old sundials, by L. Cross
- Sundial mottoes.
- Notes:
- "Grey old gardens series. A series of beautifully illustrated books intended for all who have felt the "romantic suggestiveness" of an old garden. Decorative boards by Jessie M. King"--p. [105].
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in white parchment paper boards with gilt spine title and overall pictorial designs by Jessie M. King in color of garden view and sundial.
- Athenaeum copy: Inscribed to Walter Price on preliminary page, dated 1917. Additional photos of sundials have been mounted at beginning and end of book.
- Cited in:
- De Beaumont, Robin. Short title check-list of books illustrated by Jessie M. King, 70
- OCLC:
- 1839036
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