VERY NICELY REBOUND IN HALF CALF OVER BROWN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS GILT TITLES. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. TITLE PAGE DEDICATION ii) PREFACE (iv) PROLOGUE (ii) 60pp. adverts (ii). A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.
VERY GOOD COPY. QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS.GILT TITLES AND DECORATION WITH FOUR RAISED BANDS ON SPINE.SOME RUBBING ON CORNERS OF FRONT AND BACK COVERS. IN FRENCH TEXT.
LIMITED TO 300 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 69. QUARTO INTRODUCTION BY KATHLEEN RAINE. OATMEAL CLOTH PRINTED ON ABBEY MILLS ANTIQUE LAID. MOROCCO LABEL GILT LETTERING. A FINE COPY.
THIRD PRINTING. NEAR FINE COPY (SLIGHT FADING TO THE SPINE LABEL). DARK GREEN BOARDS IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INTRODUCTION BY ANGELA THIRLWELL. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY PETER REDDICK.
TWO VOLUMES. WITH VOLUME 1 BEING THE 11TH EDITION (1745) PUBLISHED BY WARE ET AL. VOLUME 2 THE THIRD EDITION (1737) OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMEPUBLISHED BY T COX WITH CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS BY N BAILEY. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT A GOOD SET. HINGE TO VOL 1 STRENGTHENED.
PART 1. pp. 1 – 55 PLATE 1. PART 2 pp 56 – 180 PLATES 2 – 5 INCLUDES INDEX. VERY GOOD SOFTBACK. MONOGRAPH COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH LINE DRAWINGS AND BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.
Author:
LOYDELL DAVID. K.
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON. THE PALAEONTOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. 1992 & 1993