ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN VICTORIA, FINELY BOUND
HOLMES, Richard. Queen Victoria. London and Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1897. Folio, contemporary full red morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut.
First edition of this magnificent biography of Queen Victoria, illustrated with 41 photogravure and engraved plates, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt.
Richard Holmes served as the Librarian of Windsor Castle and wrote this largely personal biography to refute the "many little myths" which had grown up around Victoria's life; this work was published four years before her death in 1901.
Interior fine, only light wear to attractive contemporary morocco binding.