PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER.
Gems of English Art of this Century Twenty-four Pictures from National Collections Printed in Colours by Leighton Brothers
1869, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, George Routledge, London, 1869. 4to, viii, 144p. 24 colour plates with tissue guards, Slight wear, minor repairs to 2 plates. Nr fine copy in the original spectacular decorative gilt binding on blue cloth, all edges gilt. See McLean, Victorian Book Design p194 & 221, and 'The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings', [Grolier Club, New York], 2000 p36. A very attractive Sixties binding. Near Fine.
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