Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939 Six Greek Sculptors , by Ernest A. Gardner. Bound in dark blue three-quarter levant, with a gilt ruled panel on the spine. The end papers are marbled and the top edge gilded. Gairdner, James, 1828-1912 Houses of Lancaster and York, With the Conquest and Loss of France. 2 v. Bound in contemporary full green levant, tooled in gold and inlaid with a red and white morocco rose design.
All edges are gilt.
Inside, a green morocco border, tooled in a gold rose design and lettered with quotations from Shakespeare's Henry VI, surrounds a crimson moir silk doublure and faces a matching moir lining. Apparently, this copy contains 189 extra plates, though the title page states that there are 190. The plates are by Gaillard, David, Heath, Chapman, Cook and others after Picart, Le Jeune, Mabeuse, Harding and others. The original text leaves, which were meant for a smaller volume, and many of the additional plates are inlaid for binding. H bner, Joseph Alexander, graf von, 1811-1892.