Joanna Rotch / Ruari McLean Copy
An 1859 second-edition copy at Massey College, presented by Susan R. Barton to Joanna Rotch in 1859 and later owned by Ruari McLean.
Binding Description
Original brown publisher’s cloth with a gilt sphinx, blind-stamped circular bands, border and corner ornaments, and gilt spine lettering and ornaments. Wear at the board edges and spine ends.
Presentation / Association
Joanna Rotch / from her affectionate Aunt / Susan R. Barton / Philᵃ May 23. 1859—
Provenance Chain
Susan R. Barton → Joanna Rotch, May 23, 1859 → Unrecorded intervening ownership → Ruari McLean → Robertson Davies Library, Massey College in the University of Toronto, 1970
Provenance
Presented to Joanna Rotch by her aunt Susan R. Barton in Philadelphia, May 23, 1859. Ruari McLean’s bookplate survives; his Victorian book collection was acquired for Massey College from England in 1970.
Copy Notes
The chromolithographic title bears “SECOND EDITION” in red block capitals.
Evidence and Documentation
Repository copy photographs, gift inscription, McLean bookplate, shelfmark and acquisition documentation; University of Toronto Libraries catalogue record.
People in This Copy
Visual Record
Robertson Davies Library, Massey College in the University of Toronto.
