Elder Books and Collectables

Description

A Birthday Book

Designed by

Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice

Published by Smith Elder & Co, London 1881

Deluxe Edition

Hardback bound in a full red leather binding by the Hatchards Bindery of Piccadilly.

Marbled endpapers & gilt inner dentelles, complete copy with two coloured chromolithograph frontis plates + a coloured chromolithograph plate to the start of each month plus one further plate to rear [15 in total]. Page edges gilt. Several pages from each month have names and dates written in hand with several names written to rear index pages {see image for example].

Book measures approx 11 x 9 inches.

Some minor marks & light rubbing to cover, occasional light foxing to pages or offsetting from plates, foxing heavier to endpapers, overall in lovely condition with no major faults & hinges strong.

A scarce deluxe edition with fine illustrations and bound in a high quality full leather binding.