rif. 65163London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1878. Strange Tale SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo 19 x 15cm pp.xii; 246. With 44 engraved illustrations including a tissue-guarded frontispiece by Jules Férat and Charles Barbant. Publiisher's pale blue cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper coated cream endpapers all edges gilt. No inscriptions inside paper hinges cracked contents clean cloth a little rubbed frayed to spine ends some ripples to cloth on rear board spine toned. A very good copy. The discovery of an apparent race of troglodytes holds up the development of a promising new vein at an old coal mine near Stirling in Scotland. First published in English in 1877. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878 unknown
rif. 62247London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935. Fantasy Tales FIRST EDITION THUS first impression. Octavo 19 x 12cm pp.x; 670 4 ads. With colour frontispiece and full page illustrations. Publisher's red cloth gilt with top edge gilt in pictorial dust-wrapper priced 10/6. Contents clean school prize label binding a little mottled fragile jacket mostly complete with a few chips to upper panel and to crown with a few neat tape strips to reverse side. Very good uncommon in jacket. Kipling's complete series of popular tales told by 'Puck' traditionally a name for a malicious spirit or demon of popular superstition and from the 16th century the name of a mischievous goblin or Hobgoblin similar to that appearing in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' the fairy scene from which is acted out here. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature 277. BMC No.11984; 'Edwardian Children's Books'. London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935 unknown
rif. 60962London: Macmillan and Co. 1874. Children's Classic FINELY BOUND a later edition. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.8 388 2. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels and further gilt tooling to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. A little toning and spotting to first and final leaves. Lower half of upper hinge and joint split with an archival tape repair to hinge. Moderate wear to spine and extremities. Very good. The classic children's tale first published in 1863. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874 unknown
1905rif. 151266New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1905. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. large octavo. pictorial boards 295pp. frontis. b/w plates text ills. 12pp. PublishersÕ catalogue bound at rear. Tan binding with a tipped on picture of animals under a tree on front board. Impression unknown. Neat ownership stamp o/w a nice copy Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
rif. 57499London: Cassell & Company 1892. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 427 12. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and toning to edges and endpapers. Slightly cocked. Quite roughly opened in places. Moderate wear to cloth; spine quite heavily toned. Very good. Another stirring tale of shipwreck salvage and dark doings from Mr.Stevenson; the second mystery written in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osborne in this instance the investigator being the narrator himself. Inspired by the schooner Equator 1888-1953 this strange South Seas tale concerns the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1892 unknown
rif. 57588London: A. and C. Black Ltd. 1928. Travel SECOND EDITION REVISED. Octavo 21 x 16cm pp.x; 250; 2. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth gilt titles to spine and in blind to upper blue top edge dust-jacket. With thirty two plates in colour and a sketch map of the country. Ownership to flyleaf some spotting to edges. Wrapper price clipped with a few small marks. Uncommon in wrapper. A clean bright example. Near fine. Part of Black's Popular Series of Colour Books this volume being a revised version of the same title which formed part of the A. and C. Black 20 Shilling series first published in 1908. London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1928 unknown
rif. 55376London: Longmans Green and Co. 1893. Childrens illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.xvi; 337; 1 blank; 1 advertisement; 1 blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board coated black endpapers all edges gilt. Some spotting within bookplate to pastedown some overall handling to cloth. Very good. Stirring tales of Culloden Rourke's Drift Pirates Red Indians Kidnaps and Escapes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893 unknown
rif. 51034London: John Cumberland n.d. c.1830. Theatre. EARLY PRINTING. Small pamphlet in sixes 15 x 10 pp.50. With a wood engraved frontispiece and cover illustration after R. Cruikshank by Mr. Bonner. Publisher's grey paper covers with titles illustration and a price of 6d sewn. Cumberland's No. 36 Minor Theatre being a Companion to Cumberland's British Theatre. Wear and some small chips from the covers. A remarkable survival of a delicate pamphlet. Very good. A play originally performed on 9th April 1830. London: John Cumberland, n.d. [c.1830] unknown
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rif. 124387London Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1568. . First edition five parts in 1 vol.; large folio 40.5 x 29 cm; black letters text in double columns in 57 lines calendar printed in red and black general title with xylographic word panel in woodcut architectural border and an engraved medallion portrait of Queen Elizabeth the royal arms and allegorical figures 2 further engraved portraits comprising: Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester to the divisional title of Part 2 and Sir William Cecil to the recto of A2 in Part 3 all attributed to Franciscus Hogenberg woodcut New Testament Title the text further illustrated with 131 narrative woodcuts of 133 missing those on E2-3 in Part 1 which are lacking in this copy after Virgil Solis 5 woodcut maps and numerous diagrams woodcut printers device to verso of final f. contemporary annotations in pen including note dated '1590' to recto of Q8 in Part 2 with 19th-century transcription on blue paper tipped-in at fore-edge further note in same hand to foot of X3 recto also in Part 2 general title trimmed and mounted in the 18th-century with calligraphic dated ownership inscription in pen to verso some early underlining and marginalia in pen throughout tear to head of E6-7 in Part 1 repaired with glue with resultant residue to head of E7 pen marginalia to Part 1 K6 smoke damage to lower corner of N4-5 of same part paper brittle with tear repaired in archival tape small hole with loss of text to O6 also in Part 1 dampstaining to final 2ff causing minor loss to text both ff with early paper repairs at gutter margin as mentioned lacking ff E2-3 in Part 1 numbered XXXXIV-V comprising final chapter of Genesis and opening chapter of Exodus lacking final blank f. otherwise complete with some ff possibly supplied form other copies; 20th-century gilt-panelled calf the centre of the covers with jewelled cross formed of red green and purple morocco onlays modern endpapers minor wear very good; collation: A-Q8-E2-3 A-Y8 Z10 A-E8 F6 G-Z8 2A8 2B12 A-O8 P6 A-T8 V5. First edition of the Bishop's Bible the second authorised English translation. The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible the second authorised English translation. A rare near complete example of the 'most sumptuous' and lavishly illustrated English pulpit Bible of the sixteenth century with over 130 narrative woodcuts and maps and three engraved portraits. The Bishop's Bible so-named for the numerous bishops and Biblical scholars involved in its production was the brainchild of the Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker 1504-1575. The translation was intended to counter the Calvinist influence of the Geneva Bible which had come to prominence following the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 and the return shortly thereafter of the Marian exile community into England and supersede the earlier Great Bible as the official authorised version of the scriptures in the Church of England. The text mainly follows that of the 1539 Great Bible but both Hebrew and Greek originals were consulted as well as the Geneva version. At least eleven bishops were involved in the revision with Parker himself contributing the lion's share of the work and the whole was completed by September 1568. 'In April 1571 the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury ordered that copies of this edition should be placed in every cathedral and as far as possible in every church; and enjoined every ecclesiastical dignitary to exhibit a copy in a prominent place in his house for the use of his servants and guests' Darlow & Moule. When Whitgift became Archbishop in 1583 he attempted unsuccessfully to enforce the sole use of the Bishop's Bible in churches and chapels across England. 'The Bishops' Bible was a success in that it replaced the Great Bible last reprinted in 1569 in churches to the exclusion of the Geneva version. But the latter continued to be read in Protestant homes and became the foundation of the Authorized Version' ODNB. The woodcut illustrations were mostly copied from designs by the Nuremberg artist Virgil Solis 1514-1562 for a picture series Biblische Figuren des Alten and Neuen Testaments that was first published in Frankfurt in 1560. The three engraved portraits depict Queen Elizabeth her favourite Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester and the Secretary of State Sir William Cecil and are attributed to Flemish artist Franciscus Hogenberg 1535-1590. 'While title-page portraits of the monarch were an established feature of English Bibles contemporary portraits within the text were a startling departure. The engravings of Dudley and Cecil prominently placed at the beginning of Parts 2 and 3 respectively flatter by association with the immediately following books. Dudley portrayed in armor mirrors the warrior-hero Joshua. Cecil is position as a new David at the head of Psalms with an open book in one hand other other grasping the large initials B of the psalm's opening line "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the ungodly"' Luborsky & Ingram. This edition is also sometimes known as the 'Treacle Bible' for the rendering of 'balm' as 'triacle' in Jeremiah 8:22. A lovely example with early annotations including a note in pen to the foot of the first book of Chronicles dated '1590' with a 19th-century transcription on tipped-in blue paper: 'As thou shalt understand oute of this testamente the tru godlynes and the salvasion of ouer soules both by hearing of it and laying up as a storehouse in the harte. With a true and sinsear loue and so take up the crose of Christe Jesus and folowe hime that is to suffer afflictiones and fornes and scurges as Crist did when he suffered afflicksiones for ouer sines. 1590'. With a further note in the same hand to the second book of Esdras. ESTC S122070; STC 2099; Herbert 125; DM 89; Luborsky & Ingram B:2099. London, Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, [1568]. unknown
rif. 119876London R. Ackermann 1808-10. . First edition early issue with ALS loosely tipped to first blank; 3 vols large 4to 34 x 28 cm; letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to T. Bury dated 1839 restored and laid on linen wood-engraved titles engraved dedications 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson watermarks 1806-1808 bookplate to pastedown; twentieth-century half crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt ruled cloth boards spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments all edges gilt marbled endpapers a fine set. This is a splendid work with the preferred pre-publication watermarks exhibiting a depth and richness of colouring. The Microcosm offers an incomparable panorama of Regency London both high and low from sedate drawing rooms to the brawling and boozing street life of the metropolis captured in matchless hand-coloured aquatint by the inspired pairing of Pugin and Rowlandson. Most of the plates are in their first or second state with plate 12 and 39 in the rare first state. With an autograph letter by Augustus Welby Pugin 1812-1852 pioneer of the Gothic Revival architecture movement to probably Thomas Talbot Bury 1809-1877 his long time friend and collaborator dated 1839. The letter describes a drawing Pugin made of Macclesfield Church St Michael and All Angels including directions to Bury for his engraving of the image and is adorned with small sketches of the altar candles and statues. It was Augustus Welby's father Augustus Charles who produced the architectural drawings of this work and was the reason Augustus Welby and Bury were so intimate having apprenticed his son and Bury together. 'Ackermann's The Microcosm of London. is a book of major importance. The architectural drawings were by Augustus Charles Pugin a French refugee who came to London in about 1798 "driven from his country either by the horrors of the French Revolution or by private reasons connected with a duel" . His lasting fame rests on his consummate ability as an architectural draughtsman. By a stroke of genius Ackermann engaged Thomas Rowlandson to add human figures to the drawings that Pugin made for The Microcosm so that the stately accurate and dignified qualities of that artist are enlivened by the vitality and charm of Regency life as depicted by one of the most vigorous draughtsmen of all time. To turn the leaves of The Microcosm is to take a walk though London at a singularly fortunate moment observing as we never can in real life the scenes of many celebrated incidents in English literature and history: the India House of Charles Lamb the King's Bench Prison of Dickens the Foundling Hospital of Captain Coram and Hogarth the Guildhall bombed by the Luftwaffe the Newgate of Harrison Ainsworth the Carlton House of the Prince Regent and so forth.' Thomas Great Books and Book Collectors 1975 p. 155 Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7; Prideaux pp121-4. Franklin 49-54. London, R. Ackermann, [1808-10]. hardcover
1907rif. 21179131907. London A. & C. Black 1907 but 1915. Large 8vo. Original navy blue decorated cloth with dust-wrappers unknown to the bibliographer; pp. x 2 205 2 publisher's catalogue; with decorated title-page in black and green and a total of 67 coloured plates protected by captioned tissue-guards and a large folding map of the region printed in sepia tipped in to rear; cloth very well preserved; wrappers with a few small marginal flaws very light offsetting from endpapers otherwise very good.Reprint the variant in the less elaboarate binding. This is a fine monograph on the Clyde not only detailing the ship-building industry but the picturesque aspects of the landscape and history as well in a binding designed by Albert Angus Turbayne one of the leading book designers and follower of William Morris of American-Scottish extraction. Inman 14. hardcover
rif. 120600Moscow Zemlia i Fabrika ZIF 1927. . Sole edition 4to 28.5 x 21.8 cm; illustrations throughout some repairs to gutter and spine; original illustrated wrappers small loss of paper to lower corner a very good copy. A scarce Constructivist children's book illustrated by the Chichagova sisters. The sisters Galina and Olga studied at the Stroganov Academy until 1917 and in 1920 joined Vkhutemas under the tutelage of Rodchenko. They worked together on all of their book illustrations and remained keen advocates of the Constructivist movement. OCLC lists just two copies at Princeton and the University of Pensylvania. Moscow, Zemlia i Fabrika [ZIF], [1927]. unknown
rif. 122321London David Nutt 1888. . First edition one of 1000 copies; large 8vo 230 x 175 mm; half-title tissue-guarded frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane decorative head and tail-pieces occasional spotting heaviest to half-title short closed tear to front free endpaper small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text auctioneers slips from 1976 loosely inserted; publisher's Japanese vellum boards spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood boards toned a few small marks on lower cover corners gently bumped a very good-plus copy that presents well; preserved in a later chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; x 116 2pp. First edition one of 1000 copies A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children comprising: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Mason 313. London, David Nutt, 1888. hardcover
1935rif. B7298London: Associated Newspapers n.d. circa 1935. Frontispiece loose. Spine sunned. . Binding: Full orange pictorial cloth boards. Notes: John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 1875 – 1940 was a Scottish novelist historian British Army officer and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada the 15th since Canadian Confederation. As a youth Buchan began writing poetry and prose fiction and non-fiction publishing his first novel in 1895 and ultimately writing over a hundred books of which the best known is The Thirty-Nine Steps. Size: 8vo. 200 x 145 mm Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with colour plates. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages: 314 pp. Category: Book Literature; Associated Newspapers, hardcover
rif. 114998Moscow Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo 1972. . First edition; folio 38 x 28.5 cm; complete with 34 plates of which 16 are double page each with descriptive text on the verso 36pp. of text by Denisov and Alimov in a separate booklet also with an introduction by Yuriy Gagarin; housed together in the original blue leatherette portfolio enamel and metal USSR medallion to upper cover and title in silver an excellent copy. Inscribed presentation copy of the first edition. First edition presentation copy inscribed by artist Andrei Sokolov to Fuad Borisovich Yakubovskiy Soviet minister for 'special construction projects'. A striking portfolio of Soviet space art with thirty four plates depicting imaginary spacewalks satellite constructions curious spacecraft dreamy constellations and unexplored planets and moons. One of the artists A. Leonov was the pioneering cosmonaut who made the first spacewalk exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission. Art however was his first love and he was the first person to sketch earth from space. He often collaborated with his close friend Andrei Sokolov who unlike Leonov did not have first hand experience of space and instead chose to paint a more fantastical picture. The album was published to mark the 15th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik and is a glorious example of ambitious propaganda. It was clearly designed to make an impact with the elaborate portfolio case and wonderful illustrations which are often highlighted with silver. The inclusion of real life space missions alongside imagined realities of the future is an assertion of the potential for Soviet cosmonauts. Moscow, Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1972. hardcover
1909rif. 21142851909. London; Adam and Charles Black 1909. Large 8vo. original white cloth with an armorial design blocked in orange green and gilt to spine and upper board top edges gilt; pp. xix i 320 4 publisher's advert.; with a total of 75 fine coloured plates after watercolours guarded by captioned tissues and a folding pull-out map at the rear; a near fine copy of this scarce and vulnerable book preserved in uncommonly clean condition both externally and internally with just light rubbing and dusting to boards with a previous owner's bookplate to inner upper cover another ownership inscription to front free endpaper and mild foxing to prelims.First edition of one of the scarcest titles in A. & C. Black's Twenty Shilling Series. Inman 37. hardcover
rif. 93361Eksp. zagotov. gos. bumag Skt. Peterburg 1899. . Small folio 33 x 23 cm. 6 accordion-folded leaves with a printed page as front cover and another as rear cover chromolithographed illustrations throughout; light spotting and soiling mostly on the external flaps. a fine example of one of Vasnetsov's most famous illustrated works published to commemorate the anniversary of Pushkin's birth. The Song of Wise Oleg is based on a chronicle by Nikolay Karamzin and remains one of the most well-known Russian poems of all time. Illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript it is richly embellished with head and tail pieces and decorated initials. The Song became a turning point in the development of the book as an integrated art form and was presented at the International Exhibition for Book Printing and Graphics in 1914. Kilgour 897; Seslavinskiy Girlianda 189. Eksp. zagotov. gos. bumag, Skt. Peterburg, [1899]. unknown
rif. 97582George Virtue London. 1838. 4to 216pp with numerous black and white engraved plates and one fold-out map lightly creased and with one closed tear. A very good hardback copy in attractive original gold decorated green leather boards. Some very minor rubbing to leather. Gold fore edges bright and clean. All plates have original protective sheets with occasional offsetting from engravings. George Virtue, London. 1838 hardcover
rif. 55437Sarajevo: Izdanje glavnog odbora AFŽ-a za Bosne i Hertsegovine Državna štamparija 1945. Quarto 25 × 20 cm. Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Mica Todorović; 35 1 pp. One double page reproducing drawings by Ismet Mujezinović. Light soil and foxing to wrappers else very good. An illustrated election brochure from Sarajevo promoting Tito the communist revolutionary and WWII partisan leader to head Yugoslavia. The volume was published by the Women's Antifascist Front AFŽ in anticipation of the first election with the participation of women voters in 1945. In the opening text of the volume Tito addresses Yugoslav women "On November 11th you the women of Yugoslavia who have earned the right to solve all internal political and economic problems on an equal footing with men will have your say. And I do not doubt your word. I have no doubt that it will correspond to the heroic struggle and heroic actions of women during this war." The brochure includes political agitational speeches by female communist and antifascist political leaders such as Mitra Mitrović 1912-2001 who was the founding member of the Women's Antifascist Front in 1942 and later the Minister of Education of communist Yugoslavia as well as by Lepa Perović 1911-2000 a communist activist partisan leader during WWII and later a member of the Yugoslav parliament. Perović's essay is accompanied with photo-illustrations of women taking part in the partisan war effort. Nadžida Hadžić 1906-2001 the president of Women's Antifascist Front contributed a longer article on the post-war activities of the AFŽ members in sheltering the homeless elderly and orphaned children in the aftermath of WWII. A double page spread reproducing drawings of war atrocities by Ismet Mujezinović poems about the victory of the partisans and a satirical article about Tito's opposition close the volume. The wrapper designer Bosnian Expressionist painter Mica Todorović 1900-1981 is often called the "first lady of Yugoslav art" because she was the first woman to graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb 1926 and the first female member of the Bosnian Academy of Science and Arts. Part of the communist-leaning Zagreb Zemlja 1929-1935 artist collective and a member of the communist party since 1932 she was imprisoned at the Stara Gradiška concentration camp during WWII for her political beliefs. After liberation she used a cycle of her drawings of the conditions at the camp to testify for the State Commission of War Crimes in Belgrade becoming the first and only artist whose work was used as evidence by the Commission. The volume seems to have been sent to the AFŽ members by mail in anticipation of this historic election with the front wrapper indicating that postage has been paid. As of November 2025 KVK OCLC show no copies in North America. unknown
rif. 50752Warsaw: Rekontra 1985. Small quarto 27 × 21 cm. Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with a large drawing printed in green and black; 44 pp. of offset-reproduced drawn comics to rectos and versos. Very good save for minor toning especially to rear wrapper. First edition of this samizdat comic book edition in Polish of George Orwell's Animal Farm published by a small underground publishing house in Warsaw. Maciek Bialy and Karol Blue were the pseudonyms of Robert Śnieciński and Fernando Molina. Orwell's political satire of the Soviet establishment was naturally banned in all Soviet bloc nations but was tremendously popular with the Polish independent semi-clandestine publishing houses which flourished in Poland starting in the mid-1970s. Polish underground publications are scarce outside of Poland. As of February 2026 KVK and OCLC show six copies in North America. unknown
1915rif. 78995Wien:: Munk 1915. publisher's blue cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. Some staining and soiling to the applied color illustration; cloth a little frayed at joints and extremities; but tight and sound; the contents fine. . Folio. Complete with twelve spectacular full-page color illustrations by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban and elaborate border decorations on every page. . Contents: Die wilden Schwaene. Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse. Das Meerfrauelein. Die Galoschen des Gluecks. Die Reisekamerad. Die roten Schuhe. Des Kaisers neue Kleider. Die Schneekoenigin. Der Fliegende Koffer Das Maerchen vom Paradiesgarten. Der Schweinhirt. Die Nachtigall. Munk, hardcover
1759rif. 18779The Hague 1759. Large folio ca. 50 x 36 cm. Pierre Gosse junior 19th-century half green morocco a red morocco label on the spine with the title in French lettered in gold marbled endpapers. With 20 engravings each mounted on a double-leaf of heavy paper the text is printed in Dutch and French with a separate title page for each language the engraved coat of arms of Princess Anna on each and 4 decorated woodcut initials. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 4; 4 27 pp. First edition of two works with illustrations and descriptions of the funeral ceremonies for Princess Anna of Hannover 1709-1759 who was then regent for her son William V Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. The first work shows the ceremonial mourning chamber with Princess Anna on her death bed. The plates were drawn by Pieter de Swart 1709-1772 one of the most important Dutch architects of the 18th century and engraved by Simon Fokke 1712-1784. The second work shows the funeral procession which took place in Delft on the 23rd of February in 1759 with detailed illustrations of all the heralds riflemen guards etc. that took part in the ceremony. The plates for this work were drawn by artist Paulus Constantijn la Fargue 1729-1782 and also engraved by Fokke. The creators apparently suspected that counterfeit editions of the work might appear as the text at the end of the first work states that only copies signed by the bookseller would be considered real. The present copy is signed.Princess Anna of Hannover duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg was the eldest daughter of George II August later King of England as George II and Wilhelmina Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. In 1734 she married the Dutch Willem Karel Hendrik Friso 1711-1751 Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Friesland. When in 1747 her husband became Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic as Willem IV the couple moved from Leeuwarden to The Hague and Anna became highly involved in politics. After the death of Willem IV in 1751 she became regent for her three-year old son the later Stadtholder Willem V. In this position she played a prominent part in the political life of the Republic defending the position of the House of Orange against the republicans.The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed the boards are slightly rubbed the spine is somewhat discoloured. Otherwise a beautiful copy on heavy large paper with the plates in their original fresh impressions.l Ad 1: Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 233; Lipperheide 2675; Muller 4095; STCN 23024453X 7 copies; Vinet 756; Ad 2: Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 234; Lipperheide 2676; Muller 4097; STCN 230244394 7 copies; Vinet 756bis. ABE CAT Costumes & Uniforms hardcover
