THE MISERERES OF BEVERLEY MINSTER: A Complete Series of Drawings of the Seat Carvings in the Choir of St. John's, Beverley, Yorkshire; With Notes on the Plates and Subject
Published by J. Plaxton in Hull 1879
SKU: 56549
£145.00
FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback in half black roan with raised bands, decorative gilt, and black textured cloth boards. Bound by C. Cross, Binder to the Queen. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. 53pp. Text, [3], 74 b/w plates (printed one side only) on unnumbered leaves. Bookplate of the Order of the Garter (dated 1886) to front pastedown. No other markings or inscriptions. Very light foxing to prelims. Slight scuffing and rubbing to edges of spine and corners with a couple of small areas of loss to top surface of roan (please see photos). A GOOD+ COPY.