| Large folio. Half calf. 18" x 12". British Museum. Series I-V. London: by Order of the Trustees, 1899. First Edition. Original brown morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine lettering. 150 full-page photolithograph reproductions plus text leaves including transcriptions plus annotations. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good binding and cover. Brief library markings including paper spine sticker. Includes over 80 examples of British monarchs and other political leaders, six of past European monarchs, over 50 of British authors from Spenser to Tennyson. Ships daily. |