Cesare Vecellio - Corona Delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne - 1876

Reproduced 1876 facsimile of the 1600 original pattern book of the Renaissance lace. Limitation label verso the first part-title, stating this to be 1st edition, limited to 100 copies published by F. Ongania. 2 volumes bound into one small oblong foliol, vellum general title / upper wrapper, pt. title, 1 f., 26 plates, pt title, 25 plates, pt. title, 24 = 3 plates. pt. title, 1 f. colophon (1876) on vellum/lower wrapper, contemporary half morocco. Inscribed on inner binding July 1877 to a Miss Magrie of Goodrest.