Rev Creeny (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Green marbled boards heavily rubbed on edges and corners. Leather spine, lettered in gilt, frayed around head and base of spine with two 2 cm splits. Internally bookplate on front paste down. Title page has some light finger marks and gift inscription in pencil. Plates generally clean; a touch of foxing on the last one.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Unamed (illustrator). First edition. A collection of illustrations and descriptions of European brasses. Scarce, first edition. Large folio with errata slip bound after contents. Collated, complete with 53 plates and an additional ornamental title page plate. Printed in Norwich by Agas H Goose and Co. Photo-lithography by W Griggs of London. Monumental brass is a form of engraved sepulchral memorial which began to be a more popular form in the early 13th century. They began to take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies in stone or wood. Due to their nature of being made of hard latten or brass and being let into the pavings they did not obstruct areas of the church and therefore speedily became a favourite style of sepulchral memorial. There was a revival of interest in monumental brasses in the Victorian era. In a half cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing, particularly to the head and tail of spine and extremities. Spine label is rubbed as are the paper covered boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to recto of front endpaper Peter, from Moethen 1953 . Remnants of stamp to front pastedown. Same armorial stamp of double headed eagle to title page and has offset slightly to verso of front blank. Front endpaper is slightly creased. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with heavy spotting to first and last few pages and generally clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.