Author: Byron, Lord George Gordon (1788-1824)
Title: THE PRISONER OF CHILLON Illuminated by W & G AUDSLEY Architects.
Description: London, Day & Son 1865 Chromolith illustrations to each page by W. R. Tymms from illuminations by W. & G. Audsley. . Folio purple gilt cloth with green onlays bevelled boards (tips sl.worn) 20 leaves. One page with clean 3.5" tear with old neat repair to verso and hardly visible to the printed surface. Lacks free endpaper All Edges Gilt. 2 pages with edges cut short thus approx.1cm loss to blank margins. A few other pages have a narrow dusty area but NOT touching any border illumination nor printed area. Book is tight and handsome copy of this sought after work. Printed one side only each leaf having a double or triple illuminated border with much gold which surrounds the text. Some decorative initials and headpieces. Every page differs. The binding is nice and bright.

Keywords: illuminated gilt poem poetry


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