Description

Hardcover, small quarto bound in red cloth lettered in gold and stamped with a large gold facsimile of a 16th- century coin portrait of Henry VIII on front board. 547 pages. Endmatter includes Reference Notes, Manuscript Sources, Bibliography and Index. Introduction by Roy Strong. Illustrated with color and black and white images of portraits, drawings, coins, etc. First edition thus. No previous ownership marks. Book is clean, fresh, unmarked and like new. Slipcase is solid with no splits or bumps albeit rear panel shows approximately one dozen small white spots arranged vertically. A fine copy in a very good or better slipcase.