The sixth Duke of Devonshire's handbook of Chatsworth / edited with an introduction by John Martin Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858, author.

Contributor:

Robinson, John Martin, editor.

Devonshire, Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, Duke of, 1944- publisher.

Roxburghe Club, publisher.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.

Ludlow Bookbinders, bookbinder.

G. Heywood Hill, Ltd., publisher.

Standardized Title:

Handbook of Chatsworth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chatsworth (England).

Manors--England--Derbyshire.

Manors.

Devonshire, Dukes of--Homes and haunts.

Devonshire, Dukes of.

Derbyshire (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Derbyshire (England).

Buildings.

Homes.

England--Derbyshire.

Genre:

Paper evidence (Paper) -- Mohawk Superfine.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Austin.

Physical Description:

271 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 27 cm

Distribution:

London : G. Heywood Hill Ltd

Other Title:

Chatsworth

Handbook of Chatsworth

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for The Roxburghe Club, MMXX [2020]

Notes:

Edited by John Martin Robinson; published by Stoker Devonshire, the current Duke, to commemorate his membership of the Roxburghe Club.

Includes biographical notes about persons mentioned in the Handbook.

Includes index.

Includes facsimile of the 1844-1845 Handbook of Chatsworth printed by Frederick Shoberl Jr. William Cavendish, the sixth Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), was greatly interested in the history of his family and of Chatsworth, and he privately printed a Handbook of his home in which he intended to "show ... every room and corner of the house."

"This book is set in Austin ... The paper is Mohawk Superfine 148 gsm. The binding design is based on a copy of the Handbook at Chatsworth, known as 'the Duchess's copy.' The leather bound copies were bound at Ludlow Bookbinders."

ISBN:

9781901902150

1901902153

OCLC:

1229113429