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The game of ombre: PB 6-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The game of ombre

Maker(s)

Author: Gibbs, Henry Hucks
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Chiswick Press

Categories

Description

3d ed. (1st edition, 1874.)

London, Printed for private circulation [by the Chiswick Press] 1902

Ix, 133, [1] pages frontispiece, 3 plates (2 color) 28 cm
"To the president and members of the Roxburghe club ... Aldenham."
Charles Brinsley Marlay's copy (name in red in list of members).

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Production date: AD 1902

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 6-1912
Primary reference Number: 199941
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Audit data

Created: Monday 24 November 2014 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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