£110
Music. Joseph Cox Bridge (1853-1929), a scrivened and illuminated address, dated Chester, July, 1894, 5ff, '[...] The undersigned beg your acceptance of the accompanying Robes as a small token of their esteem and regard [...]', this, the opening leaf, with medieval style initials and flanked by the city of Chester's arms, within a gilt border, the following leaves signed by the subscribers, including firstly, by order of precedence, Katherine, Duchess of Westminster (née Cavendish; 1857-1941) and three of her in-laws, Sibell, Constance and Lettice Grosvenor, finely bound in contemporary brown morocco over boards by Phillipson & Golder, Chester, their ticket, blocked and ruled in gilt, chipped and rubbed, all edges gilt, oblong 4to
Joseph Cox Bridge (1853-1929), English organist and composer. Organist of Exeter College, Oxford, 1871-6, thereafter at Chester Cathedral where he revived The Chester Triennial Festival. In 1908, he was appointed Professor of Music at Durham University.
Provenance: 1) The Bridge Bequest/R.S.B. 1920-53, bookplate, to 2) Nottingham High School Library, their stamps.
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