Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty’s Reign. Written by the Scottish antiquarian and Conservative politician Sir Herbert Maxwell. 240 pages. A very large, heavy, folio/quarto-style coffee table book, measuring roughly 13" x 10.25".

The defining feature of Sixty Years a Queen is its rich illustration catalog, which was considered a massive publishing achievement at the time. Features a beautiful, vibrant chromolithographic (color) plate reproduction of Franz Xaver Winterhalter's famous portrait of Queen Victoria. Hundreds of high-quality monochrome photographs, engravings, period drawings, and maps are distributed across almost every page.

Created to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, celebrating her 60 unprecedented years on the British throne (1837–1897).

Published in London by Harmsworth Bros, Ltd. in 1897. Very good condition. Bright cover with some wear to edges and corners. Firm binding, paper on inside hinges is cracked, hinges holding, clean text.