Thomas Archer

Finely bound set of Archer's portraits of English and Scottish royalty.

• Sold as a set of 2.
• Thomas Archer (English).
• London, Glasgow & Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, 1883.
• Includes 69 engraved plates from important works by distinguished modern painters and from authentic state portraits.
• Bound in the Publisher's Pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displaying incredibly ornate and detailed gilt and open tooling depicting 8 crests around the borders and one larger central crest as well as many small bordering and central decorative details, raised bands, crests, ornate panel detailing, bordering, and label lettering, all gilt or open-tooled, all edges gilt with gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers.