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Bookplate of Edward FitzGerald.

BIB_ID
444389
Accession number
MA 14423
Display Date
[England] : [publisher not identified], [1842?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 page : illustrations ; 12 cm
Notes
Bookplate of Edward FitzGerald, featuring an angel holding a shield saltire, with "E. Fitz Gerald" at foot, the design attributed to W.M. Thackeray.
ExParrish copy 1 has Parrish bookplate with an envelope inscribed in Edward FitzGerald's hand: "Done by Thackeray one day in Coram ('Joram') Street, in 1842. E.F.G. 'All wrong on her feet'--so he said--I can see him now. March 19th 1878." NjP
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.