John Skelton — Charles I

London, Goupil and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated biography of Charles I, by the renowned Scottish author Sir John Skelton. Published by the renowned fine art publisher, Goupil and co. Collated, with complete forty one monochromatic illustrations, each with a protective tissue guard, and a coloured facsimile frontispiece plate from the painting by Sir Anthony Vandyke. In a full cloth binding. Externally, bumped to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight rubbing to boards and joints and slight fading to spine. Hinges reinforced. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with the odd spot and handling mark to the occasional page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .