The Sovereigns of England : from William the Conqueror to Victoria. Publisher:Read & Co., [London], [approximately 1850?]

Folded leaf of hand-coloured portraits plates depicting the Kings and Queens of England in chronological order. Cover title (torn and missing in parts, red cloth wornat spine and along hinges with some historic staining).

Coloured portrait illustrations and text on continuous strip, 12.4 x 254 cm., folded to form 18 leaves; printed on one side only (strip detached after front paste-down, stains and browning sporadically throughout)

Text and first two portraits on front paste-down.

Date from Gumuchian; date range inferred from publisher's address (10 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street)-is 1847 to 1867, cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 155. Gumuchian, 5412. WorldCat locates a solitary example and it is held at Indiana University.