RESTORATION BINDING HAMMOND (HENRY) A Practical Catechism... the Tenth Edition, additional engraved title, some light browning, occasional foxing and rust marks, contemporary red goatskin, elaborately tooled in gilt with an all-over design incorporating drawer handles with pointillé, various ornate flower tools (handles and some flowers decorated with coloured paint), curling tools, semi-circular and triangular ornaments, spine in 6 compartments tooled in gilt with drawer handles, pointillé and flowers, gilt worn from small patch at foot of spine, housed in red morocco-backed solander box [ESTC 10219], 8vo, R. Norton for R. Royston, 1674 Footnotes: AN ELABORATE BINDING IN THE STYLE OF THE QUEENS' BINDERS. Some of the usual drawer handle and flower tools are here complemented by slight variants in shape, size or design, and by the addition of semi-circular and triangle shaped ornaments (the former within the border, the latter towards the sides and in a Maltese Cross-shaped centrepiece). Provenance: 'Wini: Stone' and 'Elizabeth Booth/the gift of her Aunt Bayly', old ownership inscriptions on fly-leaf; Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, bookplate; Marion E. Walker, book label; Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994), gilt bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing