THE CATHEDRAL, OR ABBEY CHURCH OF IONA BY MESSRS BUCKLERS & THE BISHOP OF ARGYLL 1866 FIRST EDITION

[Messrs. Bucklers; Bishop of Argyll and the Isles]. The Cathedral, or Abbey Church of Iona. A Series of Drawings, and Descriptive Letterpress of the Ruins, by the Messrs. Bucklers, Architects, Oxford; and some Account of the Early Celtic Church, and of the Mission of St. Columba, by The Right Rev. The Bishop of Argyll and The Isles. London: Day and Son, 1866.

First edition. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Quarto (28.5cm x 22.5cm x 1.5cm). Pp. [8], 78 + 18 lithographic plates. English text. Bound in publisher's original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Title-page vignette. Decorative initials. Printed footnotes. Condition: GOOD. Contents complete. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Slight rubbing to covers and points. Some light scattered foxing and a few marginal annotations. Previous owner details neatly to endpapers.