Edmund Venables — Episcopal Palaces of England

London , Isbister and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this interesting work on the architecture and history of English palaces, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Edmund Venables was an English cleric and antiquarian. An episcopal palace is the official residence of a Bishop, this volume explores those in England including Lambeth Palace, Bishopthorpe, Fulham Palace and Wells Palace. With a frontispiece and many in-text illustrations by Alexander Ansted.Collated, complete.With adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with bumping to the head of the spine and a little to the tail and a mark to the front board. Previous owner inscription to the page after the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Alexander Ansted. Very Good .