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Henry VIII Illustrated with over 30 full page plates, many after portraits by holbein, including the vividly hand colored frontispiece port - 1902

by (Henry VIII) Pollard, A.F

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Paris: Goupil, 1902. No. 123 of 1150 copies, printed on fine paper. Illustrated with over 30 full-page plates, many after portraits by Holbein, including the vividly hand-colored frontispiece portrait of Henry. 1 vols. Folio. Three-quarter red morocco, red boards, t.e.g. Upper board detached, lower joint shaky; internally Fine. Bookplate and small gilt spine stamp of the Scottish Conservative Club, no other ex-lib markings. No. 123 of 1150 copies, printed on fine paper. Illustrated with over 30 full-page plates, many after portraits by Holbein, including the vividly hand-colored frontispiece portrait of Henry. 1 vols. Folio. "The Majestic Lord Who Broke the Bonds of Rome". This early edition of Pollard's history traces the life and reign of Henry VIII. An Oxford research fellow and historian, the author "was the leading authority on the Tudor period in his generation" (DNB).
Used - Three-quarter red morocco, red boards, t.e.g. Upper board detached, lower joint shaky; internally Fine. Bookplate and small gilt
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  • Title Henry VIII
  • Author (Henry VIII) Pollard, A.F
  • Binding Illustrated with over 30 full-page plates, many after portraits by Holbein, including the vividly hand-colored frontispiece port
  • Edition No. 123 of 1150 copies, printed on fine paper
  • Condition Used - Three-quarter red morocco, red boards, t.e.g. Upper board detached, lower joint shaky; internally Fine. Bookplate and small gilt
  • Publisher Goupil, Paris
  • Date 1902
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 220713

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