Hope, W H St John - Windsor Castle - An Architectural History, Collected And Written By Command Of Their Majesties Queen Victoria, King Edward VII And King George V [ 2 volumes & portfolio complete ]Country Life, 1913, 1st edition. Faux vellum over blue cloth, VG. 2 volumes, xx+372pp, x+373-639pp, grand total of 122 b/w plates, 87 text figs & plans & 8 huge floorplans in a separate portfolio, index, copy 112 of an edition of 1050 copies, expertly rebound to match the original cream vellum & blue paper boards preserving the original endpapers & bookplates of the Royal United Service Institution, top edge gilt & others untrimmed, internally fine, the portfolio water damaged to the cloth, but with the 8 floorplans un damaged save for a slight red stain to 1 plan. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A monumental & complete history of Windsor Castle, superbly illustrated in Country Life's inimitable style. Sir William Henry St John Hope [ 1854 - 1919 ] worked on the book for 20 years after being asked to write the work by Queen Victoria. GBP 340.00 [Appr.: EURO 395.75] Boeknummer 54756wordt aangeboden door:
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