Author: G. Christopher Davies
Title: Norfolk Broads and Rivers; or, the Water-Ways, Lagoons, and Decoys of East Anglia
Description: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1883. Cloth. A lovely naturalist work relating to the Norfolk Broads by G. Christopher Davies, illustrated with photographic plates. Written by G. Christopher Davies, a writer, naturalist and geologist.Illustrated with twelve plates, being engraved photographs. Collated, complete. Acquired from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an English socialite and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was featured by Cecil Beaton in 'The Book of Beauty&apos. Amongst her circle were Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Winston and Clementine Churchill and Nancy Mitford.With the ownership bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews, a British zoologist known for his work on marine mammals. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a prolific author.An early edition of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, binding is occasionally tender, with front hinge strained at the title page. Pages have the odd spot, with some offsetting to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: G. Christopher Davies Leonard Harrison Matthews Norfolk Broads Norfolk Leonard Harrison Matthews British History Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Not Stated


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