Russell (Francis)

(32 cm), xv (1), 279 (3) pp., [108] p. of plates. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Account of the collector John Stuart, Earl of Bute (1713-1792), written at the suggestion of the sixth marquess of Bute (1933-1993), who intended it as his contribution to the Roxburghe Club (the book was set in metal type shortly before the Marquess’s death, some eleven years before publication). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.