[SKELTON, JOHN]. Charles I. London: Goupil & Co., 1898.
First edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Folio (320 x 260 x 40 mm.), pp. (14), v, (1), 181, (6) + plates with captioned tissue-guards outside the pagination. Bound in stunning half crushed morocco by Riviere & Son (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet). Elaborate gilt ruling and tooling to smooth spine, the sides marbled. Top edge gilt, other edges uneven. Marbled endpapers. Half-title page present. Title-page printed in red and black with printers device. With 42 superb full-page plates including a hand-coloured full portrait frontispiece. Elaborate chapter head- and tail-pieces. Decorative initials. Silk ribbon marker. Contents page to rear. Printing and engraving by Manzi, Joyant & Co. at Asnieres-sur-Seine near Paris. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of John Croft Deverell to front pastedown. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight and secure the hinges perfectly intact. One or two tiny bumps to boards but otherwise beautifully preserved. Contents fine throughout. An exquisite example.
