The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian succession / by Adolphus William Ward
1903, Limited Edition. London; Paris; New York : Goupil & Co., Fine Art Publishers. Manzi, Joyant & Co., Successors, Fine Art Publishers to the King. Very good paperback copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited edition: no. 316 of 1000 copies. Some scattered marginal foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; Description: v, 254 p. ; illus.: plates, tissue-guarded frontis., port. ; 33 x 25cm. Subject: Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714 - Portraits. Great Britain - Kings and rulers - Succession. Notes: Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Printer's statement from colophon: "This edition of The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession by Adolphus William Ward has been printed and the plates have been engraved By Manzi, Joyant & Co., At Asnieres-sur-Seine, near Paris. 1903." Title page in red and black. Item #172125
Price: €85.00