An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration. IN FULL MOROCCO

CUTTS Rev. Edward L.

Published by John Crockford,, 1854

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8vo., First Edition, with 10 coloured, tinted and monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, original gilt from upper board and backstrip, bookplate and trade ticket all preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 8pp advertisement (unopened) for the Clerical Journal bound in at end. With the armorial bookplate of Christopher T Perowne, and contemporary trade ticket of Fletcher & Alexander of Norwich. The signature on the title is that the Rev. J. Spurgeon Green, sometime vicar of St. Mark's Marylebone. Cutts' valuable essay was written originally as a supplement to the Clerical Journal. Its importance was recognised immediately and he was urged to produce a revised and augmented version with additional woodcuts and the ten famous plates. A SPLELNDID AND UNIQUE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE TREATISE. Seller Inventory # 14651

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration....

Publisher: John Crockford,

Publication Date: 1854

Binding: Soft cover