Lionel Cust — Eton College Portraits

London, Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Leather. An impressive limited edition work comprising of portraits of past Eton College students from the institution's gallery, bound in full crushed morocco. The first edition and a limited copy of one of the five hundred and fifty copies that were printed.Bound in full crushed morocco binding, with the Eton College coat of arms stamped in gilt to the front board. This work contains forty plates in black and white of a selection of the portraits in Eton School. Artists include Sir Joshua Reymolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Romney, Fabre, Sir W. Beechey and Sir T Lawrence.From Lionel Cust, a British art historian, courtier and museum director. He was the director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1895 to 1909. In full crushed morocco binding. Externally, spine is faded with rubbing and bumping to the head and tail, causing small losses of leather. Slight offsetting to the front board. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: Numerous Illustrators. Good .