Grinling Gibbons and His Compeers, Illustrated by Sixty Phototypes of the Principal Carvings in the Churches of St. James's, Piccadilly and Saint Paul's Cathedral, with Other Illustations in the Text
London: J. Tiranti & Co., 1914. Hardcover. quarter brown cloth portfolio boards w/ inlaid grey paper, mounted illustration; cloth ties. [9] pp.; 51 leaves of plates. Good- (porfolio scuffed, scratched, & smudge; w/ red stain to top & streaks to back board; darkening to paper & deep creasing to spine cloth. lower edge of portlio has dark area of dampstaining. lower front bruised/bumped w/ deep creasing. opening text pages have dampstaining to lower edges.). Item #198853
Please Note: Plate 16 Is Missing, 'Detail Of Pediment To Screen.' Text pages and plates are highly scuffed and smudged. Plates highly smudged to all sides. Many plates will have a red stain to upper edges; does not affect illustration. This set appears to well-handled reference copy.
OCLC: 4626293
Price: $75.00