Examples of English Mediaeval (Medieval) Foliage and coloured decoration taken from buildings of the twelfth to the fifteenth century with descriptive letterpress 1874

this item is in portfolio form, all very clean pages/ plates are present and laid in original clay colored hardcover boards, a black border on the front cover frames a unique gold gilt circulator clover leaf design and on the spine "Colling's Mediaeval Foliage" is boldly scribed in gold gilt, research scholar Charles Grant Ellis (est. late 1930- 1940 per bookplate date) had taken this important architectural work to the next level by adding pencil captions to the woodcuts in the 72 pages of text along with meticulously written reference notes, the 76 plates have also been notated by Mr. Ellis and numbered, in addition on 4.25 X 11 period paper stock using a manual typewriter Mr. Ellis had listed 59 English Medieval Churches in alphabetical order having architectural detail that appear as illustration in this book by page/plate number, In total Mr. Ellis has identified 171 examples amounting to 5 perfectly typewritten lists that are glued to the end papers, this item is a " book within a book", an exhaustive study by Mr. Ellis linking Colling's illustrations to empirical example in the field, Mr. Ellis had applied his bookplate inside the front board and his signature appears in gold gilt on the cover, an unknown period signature dated October 2 1893 appears on the FEP, cover boards show rubs and small watermark spots to outside edge of rear cover board, gold gilt to top page deck, small transparent Ellis family label applied under bookplate, detailed photos provided upon request.…