The ancestral homes of Britain : containing examples of its noblest castles, halls, and mansions ; with forty coloured illustrations taken from drawings executed expressly for this work ; and biographical and historical notices
1868, First Edition. London : Bell and Daldy. Binding volume only, with good plates, which are complete and strong if showing faint foxing (easily discerned only in the margins). The original covers of gilt-decorated cloth over beveled boards are heavily worn. Text block shaken, foxed, and dust-dulled, though substantially bound. All edges gilt. A serviceable collection of 40 handsome coloured plates. Item #460358
Physical description; iv, 90, [1] pages, [40] leaves of plates : colour illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Added illustrated title page, printed in colour. Subjects; Historic buildings Great Britain. Castles Great Britain. Mansions Great Britain. Country homes Great Britain.
Price: €225.00