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Nayler (Sir George) The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, 42 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Stephanoff, Chalon, Pugin, Wild and others, 3 plain etched key plates, plate-guards, light creasing to title and first few leaves, handsome contemporary red morocco with richly gilt border, by J.Wright, spine gilt in compartments with black roan label, g.e., very slight rubbing to edges, [Abbey, Scenery 260; Bobins II, 694; Tooley 343], large folio, Henry George Bohn, 1839.*** An excellent copy of this splendid depiction of George IV's coronation, the last to hold the coronation banquet in Westminster Hall. Five parts were originally proposed but only two were issued, in 1823 and 1827. Bohn acquired the plates and combined them with Whittaker's to produce the present work, which first appeared in 1837 but is identical to this apart from the date on the title.
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Nayler (George) The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, 42 hand-coloured
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