THE MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BRISTOL

First Limited Edition. Hardback. Large heavy 8vo.pp.729. Limited edition: this copy being no.30 of 100. Signed by the author. Striking bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews, featuring a spurred cockrel and the motto 'Y Fyn Duw A Fydd.' Additional bookplate label of 'Harold E. Matthews. E.4. In Catalog.' BOOK: Forty b/w plates illustrate the text. Original publisher's half leather in blue, with blue cloth sides and gilt lettering at spine. Attractive marbled blue endpapers, and gilt page head. Loosely inserted Obituary: Western Daily Press,10 June 1935. /Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901Ð1986) was a British zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals./Ida Mary Roper (1865-1935)was a British botanist and author. She was the first female president of the Bristol Naturalist Society. Very good indeed. Excellent condition.