Supporting material book from Bolton dated AD 1885 – 1887

Heart and Thought Memories of Eastern Travel, by Thomas Holmes (1840 – 1894). Hardback book, cloth bound with gilt decoration and lettering. 324 pages, printed for private circulation. Description in diary form of travels in Europe, Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Syria, Levant etc. from January to May 1885.

Thomas Holmes was born in Wigan in 1840. He was apprenticed to the firm of Thomas Moscrop, Oil Merchant, Druggist and Drysalter in Bolton, becoming a partner in the business in 1864 and the owner in 1881. He wrote three books about his travels, of which this was the last. He died in 1894.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1994.14
  • Material: card cloth paper
  • Period: 19th Century
  • Dated: AD 1885 - 1887
  • Author: Thomas Holmes
  • Object name: book
  • Dimensions: Length: 189mm , Width: 125mm , Depth: 25mm
  • Published references: A P Thomas in Discussions in Egyptology 19 1991 pp.69 - 74
  • Site: Bolton
  • Latitude: 53.578
  • Longitude: -2.429