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London: Richard Bentley, 1867. recently rebacked, with new endpapers, text and illustrations clean and sound. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. ~Original full burgundy cloth over bevelled boards, ornate blindstamped frames to boards, gilt vignette of Burgos Cathedral to centre front board, gilt lettering and decor to spine. Mild fading to spine, to top front board, and to boards near spine. Hinges sound, endpapers uncracked at gutters. 'The Convent, Loughborough' blindstamped to front free endpaper, with dedicatory inscription to the convent in attractive early hand, dated 1868. Tiny amount of minor foxing, mainly to prelims. Frontis with tissue guard. 15 illustrations in total (inc. frontis). Minor cracking at gutters over inner hinges after first and sixth gatherings (pp. 1 & 96). Mary Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert of Lea (1822-1911), writer and philanthropist. Herbert assisted Florence Nightingale in her efforts to send women nurses to the front during the Crimean War. A great friend of Henry Manning, she was much shaken, and later influenced, by his conversion to Catholicism, and was… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Includes: St. Sebastian and Burgos; Granada; Gibraltar & Cadiz; Madrid; Seville; the Escurial; Avila and more. Descriptions include a visit to the Convent of Santa Theresa, the Alhambra, many Churches and a Bull-Fight near Seville. Maroon cloth cover with Gilt Vignette of Cathedral on front. Gilt lettering on spine. Beveled edges. All page edges untrimmed. Frontis illus. "Burgos Gateway." Other illustration include: Gardens of Alcazar, several Doorways to cathedrals and Guadalahara Palace. 280 p.pages,10" Tall, 1.4 Kilos. Protected in clear plastic wrapper. Some wear at tips of corners and spine ends. Previous owner's calling card pasted to front endpaper. No other inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Justr a little marginal foxingto some plates. Weight, 1.4 Kilos so Shippiung Outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. Tela planchas. Cuarto.