The front pastedown carries a Department of Science and Art 'Reward' book given to Thomas Cherrington, a student at Dudley School of Art, 'for succcess in the Elementary Section of the Course of Instruction in Art', 'By order of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. MDCCCLXXIV [1874].'
Binding Note
A full brown leather binding, heavily embossed on the front and back boards with Queen Victoria's cypher in gold on the centre of the front board and on the spine, in worn gilt lettering, 'Anecdote / Lives / - / Timbs.'