Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A.

Beautifully bound in a blind-stamped Victorian leather binding. Five raised spine bands with gilt lettering; central decorative panel to upper and lower boards; all edges gilt and silk bookmark. Marbled endpapers and bookseller’s ticket of A Holden, Exeter. The book’s first owner has recorded on the verso of the first flyleaf that the book was published at £1 1 shilling but that this decorative binding cost an additional 16 shillings. Sporadic brown patches through the text.