Verney, Ruth Florence [1879 - 1968] - Compiler. [Nightingale, Florence. 1820 - 1910] - Contributor - SCRAPBOOK Of VICTORIAN GREETING CARDS, SCRAPS And CUTTINGS

London: , 1883. Ca 1883. Presumed bespoke brown half-leather volume, with "Ruth" gilt stamped to the front board. AEG. 60 leaves of mounting stock, with 250+ mounted cards, scraps & cuttings. Greeting card themes vary between Christmas, New Years & Birthday, manufactured by divers firms: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Joseph Mansell, Thomas Stevens, Davidson Brothers, etc. One laid-in Christmas card with a penciled greeting, "Ruth / from Godmother Florence". [possibly FN's hand]. Two others from FN as well, with her inscriptions. 9-3/4" x 7-5/8" x 2-3/8". Album with minor extremity wear. Verney's large art-nouveau bookplate to front paste-down. Cards generally VG to VG+ condition. Overall, internally & externally, a VG+ item. Ruth Florence Verney was Florence Nightingale's god-daughter, the Verney family being closely connected to Nightingale by work, and by the marriage of her sister, Parthenope, to Sir Harry Verney.

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