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2 Book 1st Edition in Stunning Bindings - Thomas Archer's Pictures and Royal Portraits with 69 Plates
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2 Book 1st Edition in Stunning Bindings - Thomas Archer's Pictures and Royal Portraits with 69 Plates

19th century
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Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time from Important Works by Distinguished Modern Painters, and from Authentic State Portraits with Descriptive Historical Sketches by Thomas Archer, 1st Edition bound and published by Blackie & Son 1880. Bound in the publisher’s original full morocco hardcovers, with gilt edges, inner dentelles and elaborate blind tooled and gilt boards and spines with 6 raised bands. End papers marbled, 69 sepia plates with paper guards. Volume I, 184 pages and 35 plates, volume II, 171 pages and 34 plates.

Condition: Externally some rubbing and wear, principally to the heads of the spines and hinges, bumping to corners through leather in places. Some refreshing of colour where rubbed. Internally tightly bound, some foxing and marks to the preliminaries and terminal pages and sporadically throughout. A highly decorative and beautifully bound set.

Each volume stands some 31.2cms tall, 23.7cms deep and the total shelf coverage is about 9.4cms. Combined unpackaged weight approximately 5.1kgs.

Physical Dimensions
Height
31.2cm (12.28")
Width
9.4cm (3.70")
Depth
23.7cm (9.33")
Declaration

Donnelly Antiques Ltd has dated these Victorian Leather Bound Books to the 1880s.

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SA923858
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3519
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Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time from Important Works by Distinguished Modern Painters, and from Authentic State Portraits with Descriptive Historical Sketches by Thomas Archer, 1st Edition bound and published by Blackie & Son 1880.
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Bound in the publisher’s original full morocco hardcovers, with gilt edges, inner dentelles and elaborate blind tooled and gilt boards and spines with 6 raised bands.
Donnelly Antiques Ltd

End papers marbled, 69 sepia plates with paper guards. Volume I, 184 pages and 35 plates, volume II, 171 pages and 34 plates.

fig 1. A pair of Victorian leather-bound books featuring gold leaf tooling, crest motifs, and embossed geometric patterns on the brown boards and spines.
fig 1. 2 Book 1st Edition in Stunning Bindings - Thomas Archer's Pictures and Royal Portraits with 69 Plates

Condition: Externally some rubbing and wear, principally to the heads of the spines and hinges, bumping to corners through leather in places. Some refreshing of colour where rubbed. Internally tightly bound, some foxing and marks to the preliminaries and terminal pages and sporadically throughout. A highly decorative and beautifully bound set.

Each volume stands some 31.2cms tall, 23.7cms deep and the total shelf coverage is about 9.4cms. Combined unpackaged weight approximately 5.1kgs.

Height
31.2cm (12.28")
Width
9.4cm (3.70")
Depth
23.7cm (9.33")
Date of Manufacture

Donnelly Antiques Ltd has dated these Victorian Leather Bound Books to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA923858
Dealers Internal Ref
3519
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A pair of Victorian leather-bound books featuring gold leaf tooling, crest motifs, and embossed geometric patterns on the brown boards and spines.
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Victorian leather bindings from the mid-to-late nineteenth century are characterised by elaborate decoration, incorporating heavy blind embossing and extensive gold leaf tooling. Bookbinders during this era utilised steam-powered presses alongside hand-finishing techniques to apply intricate heraldic crests, floral borders, and geometric diaper patterns onto leather covers.

High-quality Victorian books were commonly bound in full or half calfskin, morocco, or goat leather over thick pasteboards. The cover embellishments were stamped or tooled using genuine gold leaf, while pages were printed on rag paper and bound with sewn silk thread structure.

Authentic nineteenth-century bindings feature raised bands across the spine, deep impression depth from physical stamping dies, period-appropriate typography, and age-related wear such as light foxing to interior pages or gentle patination on the leather edges.

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