LARGE FORMAT. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A LITTLE FOXING ON F.E.P. THE ROYAL HOUSES OF FOURTEEN COUNTRIES – CASTLES FORTS COUNTRY-HOUSES AND PALACES – ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. THEY PROVIDE A RICH AND EXOTIC PICTURE OF THE AWESOME SPLENDOUR WHICH ONCE SURROUNDED THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE AND WHICH STILL LINGERS IN THE DESERTED THRONE ROOMS STATE BEDCHAMBERS COURTYARDS AND GARDENS OF VERSAILLES SCHONBRUNN THE ESCORIAL OR THE WINTER PALACE.
FIRST U.S. EDITION CARD COVERS pp x 308. A POOR BINDING WITH LOSS TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE WEAK HINGES LOSS OF FEP. CONTENTS AGE-TONED THROUGHOUT. A WORKING COPY. VERY SCARCE.
THE NEW EDITION CAREFULLY REVISED. QUARTO FINE BROWN FULL MOROCCO BINDING WITH ALL EDGES GILT. MANY ENGRAVED PLATES AFTER FIELDING CRESWICK ET AL. SLIGHT FOXING TO PRELIMS. INSCRIPTION THEN VERY CLEAN. AN ATTRACTIVE AND BRIGHT COPY.
