[Hand-Colored | Vellum Binding] The Booke of Thenseygnementes

De La Tour Landry, Geoffrey. The Booke of Thenseygnementes And Techynge That The Knight of The Towre Made To His Doughters. London: George Newnes, 1902. Frontispiece and 5 full page plates after drawings by Garth Jones, all of which have been hand-colored in green, yellow/orange, and blue. Initial letters printed in red. Selections from Caxton's translation retaining his preface and the spelling of the original, edited with notes and a glossary by Gertrude Burford Rawlings. The publisher’s vellum binding with yapp edges, featuring a knight and castle illustration printed in brown and stamped with gilt by H. Granville Fell. The design has been lightly highlighted in watercolor. Brown lettering and gilt decoration to spine. Featuring the bookplate of Nathaniel V. Lenehan on the front pastedown, along with a page of hand-written notes on the history of this title attached to the ffep. Measures approx. 6.5" x 8". Spotting to vellum and light soiling to page edges.