Recollections Of An Excursion To The Monasteries Of AlcobaçA And Batalha By The Author Of "Vathek" Beckford, William Art, Design & Architecture,Exploration & Travel

Recollections of the authors' excursions to the named 13th and 14th century monasterys. Includes engraved portrait frontispiece. xi+228pp. Fully bound in nineteenth century dark brown morocco with gilt border. Spine has five raised bands with gilt decorated panels and two panels containing burgundy title plates with gilt lettering. Gilt to upper page edges. Bound by Cedric Chivers of Bath. Light shelf-wear to lower edges of boards. Decorative end papers. Book plate of Mary Hunter (American authoress?) to front pastedown. Bookplate of W. A. Foyle (Foyles Books), Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpaper. Text-block and leaves in very good condition other than occasional foxing.