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1905 Somerset House Past and Present
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
In the publisher’s original red cloth binding with illustrative gilt. This volume is a first edition. Richly illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and fifty-six plates. Collated, complete.
A very scarce historical survey of Somerset House, the grand neoclassical complex on London’s Strand that replaced the Tudor palace of the Duke of Somerset.
Chapters explore the origins of the site, dating back to the Duke of Somerset's Tudor-era palace, its architectural evolution and occupant history, and noteworthy periods of its institutional uses.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Spine faded and rubbed, with the odd handling mark to spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Front hinges slightly cracked, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but remaining firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd scattered spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge.
Very Good
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