Spain in the Nineteenth Century
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1897. First edition. 8vo, 442pp. Illustrated with 23 plates. Pages unopened. Finely bound in full brown crushed morocco, elaborately gilt decorated borders with red accents, and gilt dentelles, with the Spanish royal coat-of-arms in gilt and red on both covers, t.e.g. Rubbed along upper joint else a near fine copy. Bookplate of A.J. Cox to front pastedown.
Really a nicely executed and elaborate binding of this text which relates some of the events leading up to the Spanish American War of 1898. Alfred J. Cox was a Chicago master book binder and collector, and we would guess this book, from a Chicago publisher, was perhaps bound by Cox himself. It is listed in Catalogue of the Sumptuous 'Attic' Library of the late Alfred J.Cox which was sold at auction by the American Art Association in New York, 1918. This title, along with several others from the series by Latimer, are listed as bound in full levant morocco in various colors (#608). A nice example of American fine binding at the turn of the century. Item #8946
Price: $175.00