A Book about the English Branch of the Rothschild Family - London, 1905 - Dedication Handwritten by the Author

A Century of Finance, 1804 to 1904, the London House of Rothschild, by Jules Ayer. London: Wm. Neely, 1905. English.
A book dedicated to the London branch of the Rothschild banking family presenting their financial history during the years 1804-1904. The book contains information about the family and the banking enterprises over the mentioned years, portraits (plates) and a family-tree (double page plate), and more.
On one of the opening blank pages appears a handwritten dedication to Charles Weylands from the author Jules Ayer, from 1905 (English).
135 pp, 30 cm. Gilt-stamped blue leather binding. Gilt edges. Good condition. Some stains (mainly to tissue-guards preceding the plates). Defects and tears to binding.