The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain

London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co, 1814. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. A splendid presentation of the Arthurian legends, this one of only 25 large paper copies with 25 hand-colored plates from illuminated drawings in a manuscript, each with an uncolored duplicate, 544 pages. Thick 4to, full blue morocco, gilt and blind-tooled borders, back gilt, inner dentelles gilt, top edge gilt, bound by Riviere. From the library of E.J. Dent (1876 - 1957), English musicologist, teacher, translator and critic, with his bookplate on front pastedown. The fly has a later owner name and two book catalog descriptions of the book fixed to it. Some wear to the leather over joints, else near fine.