Folio. pp. 42 [1 leaf]. 13 hand-coloured lithographed plates (incl. frontis./title) after drawings by W.Perring & J.Brown (one printed on darker paper). Original blind & gilt-stamped red roan central garter badge with black morocco inlay & surmounted by a gilt crown; gilt corner pieces incorporating royal arms all edges gilt (front joint & extremities worn hinges strengthened some scattered mainly light foxing while affecting plate margins barely visibly affecting images). MS inscription on front blank dated Dec 1838 [Cork] indicating that the book was issued in that year. A FIRST EDITION. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Victoria. 3. The Fair Forester. James the First and his Daughter in Greenwich Park. 4. The Summons. "Katherine, Queen of England, Come into Court." 5. The New Beauty. The Court of Queen Anne. 6. The Heroine of the Savoy. 7. Charles the First. Parting from his Children. 8. The Doomed Princes. 9. The King Reproved. 10. Fair Rosamond at Woodstock. 11. The Death of Lady Anne. 12. The Chaplet of Honour. 13. Mary of Scotland.