A BOOK FOR A RAINY DAY Or Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833.
London, Methuen & Co., 1905. Half green morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. and other edges uncut. Illustrated. The author was born in a hackney carriage and became Keeper of the Prints at the British Museum. His memoirs are full of gossip about art and London. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to the edges of the spiner, but a very good and attractive book. pp. xxiv, 332. Item #27613
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