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Rinaldo in the garden of Armida, Louis XV. skin mount, stick mother of pearl, guards jewelled, given by King William IV to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge & left by her to her grand-daughter Victoria Mary. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
HISTORY OF THE FAN
This edition is limited to 450 copies for sale in Europe and the British Dominions, of which this is No. 93.
HISTORY OF THE FAN
BY G. WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD
R.E.; HON. A.R.C.A. LOND.; AUTHOR OF ‘THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN’; ‘A HANDBOOK OF ETCHING’; ‘THE TREATMENT OF DRAPERY IN ART’; ‘STUDIES IN PLANT FORM’; ‘CHATS ON COSTUME,’ ETC.; JOINT AUTHOR OF ‘STAFFORDSHIRE POTS AND POTTERS’; ‘BRITISH POTTERY MARKS’
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. Ltd. DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, W. 1910
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
DEDICATED (BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION) TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES