Forneron H Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd edition, blue binding,with bright gilt lady's portrait and lettering, engraved frontispiece portrait under tissue plus 5 additional engraved portraits under tissue and a foldout facsimile of a handwritten letter, her letters in the last chapter are in French indicating that she was a representative of the government of France plannted in the court of Charles II in Egland., substantial shelf wear and soiling to cover, red wax oval on back panel, front signature loose, very good reading copy, xxxi, & 346 pages.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Second edition, rebound. Green half-leather with marbled boards and matching decorative fly-leaves, ribbed spine and lettering and graphics embossed in gilt. Very good. Book shows light edge wear, sunning to spine, and lightly browned page edges that do not effect the text. Though spine is sunned, gilt remains bright and unfaded. Original pages of book are crisp and clean with original plates and tissue guards. This was a very nice re-bind, with plenty of attention to detail. Binding remains very firm. A lovely, decorative copy of this volume.