Prince Charles Edward. Lang, Andrew.

First edition, limited issue, number 864 of 1,500 copies. Alongside his work on folklore, Lang (1844-1912) was a distinguished Jacobite historian. This lavishly produced biography of Bonnie Prince Charlie expands on the little-known details of his life explored in Lang's groundbreaking Pickle the Spy, or, The Incognito of Prince Charles (1897). Harold Orel, Victorian Literary Critics, 1984. Large quarto (323 x 240 mm). Contemporary green half calf by Hely's of Dublin, red morocco label, spine with gilt raised bands, green boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Colour frontispiece, 47 photogravure plates printed on heavy stock with captioned tissue guards, title page printed in red and black. Binder's ticket to front pastedown. Spine gently cocked and sunned, minor rubbing to binding, inner hinges starting but block remaining firm, faint scattered foxing. A very good copy.