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Memorial of the Marriage of HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales and HRH Alexandra Princess of Denmark.
by W.N. Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good to excellent copy.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Day and Son, 1863. A very good to excellent copy.. Binding: contemporary full cloth, upper board elaboratly tooled coat of arms surrounding a decorative feather design with title in gilt elaborate foliage blind tooling as background within a gilt tooled ribbon and floral boarder. Spine rebacked expertly saving the original spine with elaborate ribbon and floral gilt tooling, all edges in gilt. The very decorative binding was executed by Dudley whose initials \\\\\\\"RD\\\\\\\" are displayed within the central title design., Notes: Crown Prince Albert, son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark on March 10th 1863 in St. George’s Chapel Windsor., Size: Folio, Illustration: Contains an elaboratly illuminated title page, 42 chromolithograph plates and wood engraved dedication and illustrations by Robert Dudley., Pages: P. half-title, blank, dedication, blank, title, blank, illustration list (4), 1-122, i-xviii., Category: Book Royalty; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Europe United Kingdom;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1916
- Title
- Memorial of the Marriage of HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales and HRH Alexandra Princess of Denmark.
- Author
- W.N. Russell
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good to excellent copy.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Day and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Book Royalty; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Europe United Kingdom;
Terms of Sale
Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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