The Web of Empire. A Diary of the Imperial Tour of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901. by Sir Donald MacKenzie Wallace, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., Assistant Private Secretary to His Royal Highness during the tour.
With Illustrations by The Chevalier De Martino, Marine Painter in Ordinary to H.M.The King, and Sydney P.Hall, M.V.O.
Finely bound in red moroccan leather by Zaehnsdorf.
$650
Established circa 1842 by Jospeh Zaehnsdorf, the Zaehnsdorf Bindery operated under the control of the Zaehnsdorf family until 1947, in that time producing some of the finest examples of bookbinding in London. Austria-Hungarin born Joseph Zaehnsdorf worked in binderies in Stuttgart and Vienna, before arriving in London, where he gained a prestigious position with James Mackenzie, Bookbinder to the King. In 1842 Zaehnsdorf opened his own shop, which by the 1860s was regarded as one of the finest in London, alongside the celebrated firm of Robert Riviere.