Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £850 |
BINDING - Francis GRIBBLE (1862-1946). The Court of Christina of Sweden and the later Adventures of the Queen in Exile. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913. Large 8vo (211 x 135mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 5 plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 13 portraits, 3 of which hand-coloured (a few light spots and stains). VERY FINELY BOUND in "Cosway"-style red crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, the upper cover with an inset portrait miniature of Queen Christina, the covers with a triple rule and wide gilt foliate borders, the spine with 5 raised bands, gilt edges, dentelles, marbled endpapers. Provenance: W. A. FOYLE, Beeleigh Abbey (armorial label).