Lionel Cust — The National Portrait Gallery

London, Cassell and Company, 1901. Leather. A beautifully bound record of the portraits collected in the National Portrait Gallery, in very attractive leather. Illustrated throughout with many black-and-white portraits. Limited to 750 copies, of which this is number 105. Sir Lionel Henry Cust (25 January 1859 12 October 1929) was a British art historian, courtier and director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1895 to 1909, aftrer which he became co-editor of The Burlington Magazine. Here, he edits this impressive set of reproductions from the museum's extensive and important collection. In decorative half-morocco binding with gilt detailing and cloth covered boards. Externally smart, there is some minor wear to the extremities and boards, as well as markings to the boards of volume one. Internally, the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout, aside from the odd spot and light foxing to endpages Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .