ARMORIAL BOOK PLATES: Their Romantic Origin and Artistic Development

First edition, first printing. Signed by the Author. Publisher's original brown patterned and embossed cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated with and containing 114 book plates, including the frontispiece bookplate of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some small scuff marks to the boards, the cloth and and gilt lettering bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. An excellent example.

Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 185 and signed by the author to the limitation page at the rear.