George Lillie Craik - The Romance of the Peerage or Curiosities of Family History

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848-50. First edition. Leather. Complete four volume study of family history into the noble peerage of England and Scotland by George Lillie Craik. Complete in four volumes, the first edition published between 1848 and 1850. A fascinating and comprehensive history of British and Scottish noble peerage, from the marriages and descendants of Lettice Knollys to the peerage of Anne Scott, 1st Duchess Buccleuch. Written by George Lillie Craik, Scottish author and literary critic. Featuring a frontispiece to each volume. Bound with half titles. From the library of William H Stewart, with his bookplate to front pastedowns. In uniform half straight up grain morocco bindings over marbled boards, gilt to top edge. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, lightly rubbed and chipped to spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first few leaves; pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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