"Rogues in Porcelain". A Miscellany ofEighteenth Century Poems. Compiled and Decorated by John Austen.
London. Chapman & Hall. 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. tall8vo, 24.5 cm, first edition,258p., with 15 full page colour plates (inc. 2 colour frontisplates) & 25 illustrations (21 in colour), title vignette, titlepage printed in blue and black, numerous head and tail devices beautifully bound, (not signed, Riviere style), in full crusheddark blue green morocco, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt bordersand full device decorations in the panels, elaborate fine giltborders and corner decorations with inlaid style red heartdecorations, gilt rules on the board edges, inner dentelles withgilt borders and decorations, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt,with oval white morocco bookplate, a fine copy in a beautiful finebinding. (cgc) The many plates and vignettes by Austen have beenattractively printed in vivid striking colour. Item #31683
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