This lovely edition of The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V by William Stirley was published by John Parker in 1852. The binding is more contemporary and was likely bound for Lord Battersea (the book came from his library and features his name plate to the front pastedown). The half leather binding features stunning gilt tooling in a floral design to the spine. All edges gilt.
It's in very good condition, with light wear to the corners and board edges. The leather shows some scuffing and there are some small scuffs and bumps to the text block edges.
Inside, there is a name plate to the front pastedown and the endpapers are marbled to compliment the boards. The pages show light age toning and sporadic foxing - the foxing is most prominent to the preliminary and end pages.
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The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and ribbon.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).