SANDFORD, FRANCIS. The History of the Coronation of the Most . . . Excellent Monarch, James II. By the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. and of his Royal Consort Queen Mary: solemnized in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in the City of Westminster, on Thursday the 23 of April . . . in the Year of our Lord 1685. 29 (of 30) engraved plates, comprising double-page illustrations of regalia (2), Westminster Abbey plans (3), procession (19), and church interiors (4), and single-page depiction of the Ceremony of the Challenge; lacks the fireworks plate. [12], 135 pages, with initial imprimatur leaf apparently in facsimile on laid paper. Folio, 438x280 mm, modern 1/4 calf; some toning of text, occasional marginal soiling, light offsetting on or from engraved matter, early signatures on title. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Gillow dated 1890. [London]: Thomas Newcomb, 1687