[Printed prospectus.] To be published shortly, St. Paul's Cathedral, London. By Arthur F. E. Poley, Silver Medallist of The Royal Institute of British Architects. With an introduction by Sir Reginald Blomfield, R.A. [With various illustrations.]

Author: 
Arthur F. E. Poley [Arthur Frederick Edward Poley, c.1886-1968, English illustrator and engraver], RIBA [Sir Reginald Blomfield, RA; St Paul's Cathedral, London]
Publication details: 
London: Printed for the author: Willowbank, Hampton Hill, Middlesex, 1927.
£150.00
SKU: 18897

Folio, 4 pp. Bifolium, with folio 'PROOF OF COLLOTYPE PLATE' of 'St Paul's Cathedral, London. View of One Bay of Aisle' loosely inserted; and full-page 'SPECIMEN PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC PLATE' of the Cathedral in 'CROSS SECTION LOOKING EAST'. Finely printed, with the title in red and black, on Alton Mill wove paper. 4to order form tipped in to margin of third page. The third page of gives the contents and list of plates (eight in collotype and twenty-four in photo-lithography), as well as a long 'LIST OF PRELIMINARY SUBSCRIBERS'. The last page carries a 'SPECIMEN PAGE OF TEXT'. Clear and complete, on aged and creased paper. Also present is the brown buckram front board of a 4to book, carrying a profile illustration of the Cathedral in gilt, and a print (20.5 x 17.5 cm) of what would appear to be the engraving, which gives great detail, from which the gilt illustration was taken. The board is worn, but with clear, sharp gilding; while the engraving, on aged and creased india paper, is laid down on a modern leaf.