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Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, The

by NAYLER, George

$7,500 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Published by Henry Bohn, 1837. The Coronation of King George the Fourth Forty-Two Magnificent Hand Colored Plates NAYLER, Sir George. The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI. Undertaken by His Majesty's Especial Command, by the Late Sir George Nayler, Garter Principal King at Arms, and since his Decease Completed from the Official Documents. London: Published by Henry George Bohn, 1837. Large folio (22 1/2 x16 1/2 inches; 571 x 419 mm.). [6], lvi, 134, [8, indexes], [1, list of plates], [1, blank] pp. With forty-five plates, of which forty-two are mezzotint, stipple, and aquatint, beautifully colored by hand, and three are uncolored outline plates. All plates interleaved. Text watermarked 1824. Two of the plates watermarked 1824 and one 1837. Small newspaper report of the sale of another copy in 1902 tipped onto title-page. Publisher’s three-quarter red hard-grain morocco over green cloth boards ruled in gilt. Front cover with large onlaid rectangular red morocco panel elaborately decorated in gilt. Spine with five double raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of William Bagnall on front paste-down. A full pictorial and written account of the coronation of King George IV. Though originally a miniature painter, George Nayler successfully pursued a c

  • Publisher: London: Published by Henry Bohn, 1837
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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