Foreign Bookbindings in the British Museum | Illustrations of Sixty-Three Examples Selected on Account of their Beauty or Historical Interest with Introduction and Descriptions by William Younger Fletcher.
Fletcher, William Younger [The Plates Printed in facsimile by William Griggs (1832-1911) Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen].
(Book #ID 97520)
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, London 1896. 1896.
Hard back binding in publisher's original blue silk moirë cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, gorgeous cream and deep maroon flock end papers on thick card stock, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. Folio. 15'' x 12''. Hand written number 149 of 500 Limited Edition numbered copies. Contains [xxiv], plus 65 paper-guarded plates, largely chromolithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text printed opposite each plate. Two paper guards with tears, sun fading down the spine and to the edges of the front panel, plates are clean and without any foxing to the paper. Heavy volume 4 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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