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The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing the Representations of All the English Monarchs, From Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth... on Sixty Copper Plates, Engraved By the Author...A new edition....By J.R. Planché
"10. London, Henry G. Bohn, York Street, 1842, in-4°, 31 x 25 cm, (6) nn pp ( frontispiece + title) + 152 pp + (57/60) plates + 12 plates ( text complete, missing three plates in the main work n°s 22 , 56 , 57 ). bound in brown quarter leather, with boards covered with marbled paper, smooth spine gilt title. Top edge gilt. With a small modern bookplate on pastedown. Binding scratched and with wear at extremities, technically still sound. Interior fine and near stainless (apart from a small inkstain on the title page) , unfortunately lacking three plates. Splendidly illustrated book. First published in 1773, with a supplement of 12 plates added in 1793, this is a new edition (of 1842) of ""The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England"" with critical notes by James Robinson Planché [1796-1880]. This was the first of Strutt's works illustrated with his own engravings. He spent a great part of his life producing similar works. They are still highly esteemed for the artistic quality of their engravings and colouring. Because it lacks 3 plates we offer this book at a non negotiable one fifth of the usual market price."
