The Huntingdon Peerage; comprising a detailed account of the evidence and proceedings connected with the recent restauration of the Earldom, together with the report of the Attorney-General on that occasion. To which is prefixed a genealogical and biographical history of the illustrious House of Hastings, including a memoir of the present Earl and his family. With a variety of curious historical and legal matter (.). 1st edition; interleaved copy.

Enriched copy de luxe - Bell, Henry Nugent:

Published by London, printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820.

About this Item

viii, 403 pp. With engraved title-portrait and additional 109 (!) other contemporary portraits and 15 (!) additional plates (1 folded). 4to. Contemporary wine-red morocco with luxurious gilt on boards, spine and inside borders, silk-endpapers, all edges gilt. Slightly rubbed and bumped (the borders and outer joints a little bit more); few and faint foxings; the folded plate with a small tear of 2 inches. The contemporary additional plates and portraits (some of them are mounted, using the interleaved pages as passe-partouts) are mostly fine, deep impressions. The books come along with a contemporary, original and coloured sketch (a castle by the riverside; 13x25,5 cm: borders chipped; glue-remainder of a plastic strip on the white margin). All together this is an overwhelmingly beautiful and unique copy. EN. Seller Inventory # 39390

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Huntingdon Peerage; comprising a ...

Publisher: London, printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820.