[Hand Colored | Arts & Crafts] The Story of Zelinda

Mary Stuart Wortley, Countess of Lovelace. The Story of Zelinda and the Monster, or, Beauty and the Beast. Retold after the old Italian version and done into pictures. London: J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1895. Illustrated with 10 photogravures after paintings by the Countess of Lovelace, which have been delicately hand-colored. Original light blue cloth, printed in colors and decorated with gilt crown. Cream endpapers decorated with light green. Mary Caroline Milbanke (née Stuart-Wortley), Countess Lovelace (1848-1941), Second wife of 2nd Earl of Lovelace; daughter of Jane Stuart-Wortley. Measures approx. 7.5" x 10". Some light rubbing and soiling to covers; isolated water damage/browning to lower corner of rear cover (does not extend inside the book). Period gift inscription on endpaper.