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| Title | The Mediterranean Illustrated |
| Author | Adams, William Henry Davenport |
| Asset Number | 00603 |
| Publisher | Thomas Nelson and Sons |
| ISBN | |
| Published Date | 1877 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Printing | 1 |
| Description | Green cloth hardcover with gold illustrations and lettering.
Book plate:
James, Esquire, D.L., J.P., of Edradynate, Cluny, and Blackhill, Perthshire
FAMILY: Stewart-Robertson
MOTTO: Never unprepared
Virtutis gloria merces - Glory is the recompense of valour.
James Stewart Robertson was from Edradynate, Perthshire. He was born in 1823, and studied fiddle under Duncan McKercher (The Athole Paganini), John McAlpine and William McLeish (The Aberfeldy Paganini).
William Henry Davenport Adams, born in London on 5 May 1828, grandson of Captain Adams, R.N. (died 1806), was the only son of Samuel Adams (born Ashburton, in Devonshire, 1798, died 1853), who married in 1827 Elizabeth Mary Snell. He was christened William Henry, and assumed the additional name of Davenport by the desire of his great-uncle, Major Davenport. |
| Category | Non-Science |
| Epoch | Victorian/Edwardian |
| Date Acquired | 04/04/2023 |
| Condition | (2) Very Good |
