Edition De Luxe, number 18 of 125 copies signed by the author. This copy additionally inscribed by the author, “To Mr Algernon Bathurst with the best wishes of the author, J.J. Foster, April 18 1916”. A very good copy, vellum a little dusty. Illustrated with reproductions of over two hundred miniatures throughout, including separate plates and head- and tailpieces.
PROVENANCE: Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895-1942), inscribed for him by the author; Maria Nelke (1869-1971), her bookplate to front pastedown.
Samuel Cooper And The English Miniature Painters Of The XVII Century
Author
J.J. Foster
Publisher
London: Dickinsons
Date
1914-1916