Charles Boutell — Monumental Brasses and Slabs

London, G. Bell, 1847. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charles Boutell's illustrated study on monumental brasses and slabs of the Middle Ages. The first edition.A monograph on the brasses, slabs, and memorials of the Middle Ages which have been discovered, mostly in ecclesiastical settings.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and in-text engravings throughout. Collated, complete.By Charles Boutell, an archaeologist and antiquary, who often illustrated his own works.Six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally, smart, a little worn with a small amount of loss to the spine. Tears to the head and tail of the joint. Light bumping to the extremities. Spine and extremities are faded. A little light rubbing and a few light marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Charles Boutell. Good .