Scrapbook of Edward Dalton on fonts
Reference code
DAL
Title
Scrapbook of Edward Dalton on fonts
Date
mainly 1844-1866
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
pp. ii + 186.
Quarto.
Reversed calf binding, blind-tooled. Bookplates of Edward Dalton, LL.D, FSA, fol. i, and the Birmingham Archaeological Society, fol. ii.
Quarto.
Reversed calf binding, blind-tooled. Bookplates of Edward Dalton, LL.D, FSA, fol. i, and the Birmingham Archaeological Society, fol. ii.
Scope and content
Scrapbook of Edward Dalton, LL.D, FSA (d. 1876), relating to fonts in England; with some earlier and later material. Includes many drawings, pen, pencil, wash, a few engravings, late 18th-19th cent., printed cuttings and some correspondence. Many of the drawings are by members of the Dalton family, particularly A. Dalton, 1844-6, and 'G. S'., 1854 (i.e. Geo. Shaw; see letters, 1854, 1856, pp. 179, 183). At the end of the volume is a wash drawing of the font at Biddestone, Wilts., sent by the Rev. John Emra, rector, 1869.
Creator
Dalton, Edward (1787-1876), lawyer and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/976