[ILLUMINATION]. STRACEY, Charlotte, calligrapher. Cover title: Illuminations. Executed by Charlotte, Lady Stracey, Rackheath, 1853.
4to (approximately 255/275 x 190/215 mm)Calligraphic manuscript on vellum, 35pp., illuminated initials and decorations in gold and numerous other colors, mounted on stubs. Original brown morocco gilt (some light wear). Comprising various texts, including "Commission to Earles of Shrewsbury and Kent for the Execution of the Queene of Scots," and "The last Place of Thomas La Colasby."
Provenance: Sold Bloomsbury London, 2009, lot 229.