£200
NO 7 OF 250 COPIES. folio, pp. [iv], 21, [1]. 6 mounted tissue-guarded plates included within pagination. Original half white cloth, blue boards, front board printed in black, top edge gilt. Binding somewhat soiled and marked,a touch of wear to edges.
Although remembered today for his ghost stories, James was also an accomplished scholar, old Etonian, and later Provost of Eton College, and here provides an introduction to the illustrations of the 15th-century wall paintings in the chapel of his alma mater and future employer.
