Hardcover
1847 · London
by Jesse, J. Heneage
London: Richard Bentley, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. An interesting and amiable "antiquarian ramble" about London by John Heneage Jesse (1809-1874), a noted English historian. Chapters are organized by areas of London and landmarks such as the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey. Bound in three quarter blue leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Floral gilt ornaments and raised bands to spines. Wear and a few bumps to edges of boards and corners. Interior pages are clean overall with occasional small spots of soiling and smudge marks to margins. With three (truncated)