MISCELLANEA GRAPHICA: REPRESENTATIONS OF ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE REMAINS IN THE POSSESSION OF LORD LONDESBOROUGH.
first edition Hardcover
1857 · London
by FAIRHOLT, FREDERICK W., F.S.A.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1857. Purple cloth-covered boards. . Rebacked. Corners repaired. Black leather spine label. Top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Covers lightly worn, professionally restored. Historical introductory essay by Thomas Wright. Illustrations by Fairholt. Issued with a total of 46 full-page plates, including the frontispiece of a book-cover of Italian workmanship and an ornate title-page with hand-colored vignette. An additional 11 chromographic plates and 32 black and white or sepia plates. This copy is MISSING plate number 3 "Shield of Cuir-bouill". All others are intact and in excellent condition. All have tissue-guards and an adjacent page of explanatory remarks. Many additional illustrations are found in the text material. Free edges of untrimmed sheets have varying amount of soiling and minor tearing. This large collection of artifacts was auctioned at Christie's in 1896, as a long newspaper article affixed to the front flyleaf attests to. From swords to rings, gold ornaments of Ireland, implements of punishment, clocks, ivory carvings, stirrups, pieces of armor. . First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Light Edge Wear and Soiling. Large Quarto. (Inventory #: 001824)