Diocèse

1890 · réf. 469384 — Winchester England 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. A remarkable color illuminated album presented to Harold Browne Bishop of Winchester by members of his Diocese in honor of the 50th anniversary of his wedding in 1890. Large quarto. Bound dark brown morocco with elaborate gilt stamped and blind embossed boards metal ecclesiastical coat of arms mounted on the front board silver silk floral endpapers signed in gold on front silk pastedown: "Blackwell Market Place Reading". The album contains 12 hand written and hand painted color plates mounted in boards. The first three plates include detailed wash drawings inset as vignettes at the center of the bottom illuminated border. A few small light scrapes to the corners and spine ends modest toning and foxing to the silk free endpapers on the blank paper sides very good or better with modest offsetting on the blank versos of the mounts from the facing illuminated plate. A handsome meticulously hand-crafted presentation manuscript. hardcover