Bright Chromolithgraphic Plates of Arms

(WARREN, Albert Henry).  ARMS OF THE EPISCOPATES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, WITH HERALDIC NOTES BY REV. JOHN WOODWARD.                

London: Chiswick Press, 1868. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth, all edges gilt. Unpaginated, with a chromolithographic title and dedication page, and 48 chromolithographic plates of the arms. First edition.

Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, this beautiful book features forty-eight chromolithographic plates heightened with gold and silver.  This is the first issue of the book with gold stamping on the front and back covers.  On the chromolithographic title page, the final "I" in the date has not been filled in, possibly indicating a delay in production after it was printed.  A later issue of the book has gold stamping on the front cover only.  An erratum sheet is pasted to a rear blank.  A most uncommon book.

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