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AGNES STRICKLAND

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ONE OF ONLY SEVEN SETS WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN QUADRUPLE SUITE: WONDERFULLY BOUND 16-VOLUME SET OF STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, WITH HAND-PAINTED PORTRAITS INSET INTO THE FRONT COVER OF EACH VOLUME

STRICKLAND, Agnes. Lives of the Queens of England. Philadelphia, 1902-03. Sixteen volumes.

Beautifully bound and richly illustrated "Alexandra Edition" of Strickland's detailed history, number 6 of only 7 sets copies printed on Japan vellum, with each of the approximately 250 illustrations printed in quadruple suite: one on Holland handmade paper and hand-colored, on on India paper, one on papier de Chine, and one on Japanese vellum, including portraits, scenes and views. Each volume bound in full morocco, with a hand-painted portrait of one of the queens set into the full morocco doublure inside the front cover. $22,000.

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“MUCH VALUABLE MATERIAL… NOT TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE”

(SCOTLAND) STRICKLAND, Agnes. Lives of the Queens of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1850-59. Eight volumes.

First edition set of Strickland’s impressive and engaging eight-volume history of Scotland's queens, with steel-engraved frontispiece portraits and vignette title pages in each volume, in fine contemporary calf-gilt. $5500.

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