FINE COPY IN DARK RED CLOTH. PRIVATELY PRINTED LIMITED EDITION – NUMBER 187 OF ONLY 200 COPIES PUBLISHED SIGNED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FRONTISPEACE BY VICTOR (LORD) ROTHSCHILD. A CELEBRATION FOR GEORGE RYLANDS FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. REBOUND IN FINE BROWN HALF LEATHER RAISED BAND NEW ENDPAPERS GILT TILES AND DECORATION TO THE SPINES. VOL 1. FRONTISPIECE vii iv 487 pp.; VOL 2. FRONTISPIECE iv 310 appendix (224 pp) supplement (28pp); VOL. 3. ARMOURIAL PLATES (126pp). EACH VOLUME HAS TWO BOOKPLATES ONE BEING THAT OF CHARLES RODEN FILGATE OF MATLOCK. SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS OTHERWISE AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET IN A FINE BINDING. POSTAGE AT COST.
TWO VERY GOOD VOLUMES IN HALF RED LEATHER AND CLOTH CROSSBANDED IN GILT AND TITLE FOURTH EDITION SLIGHTLY WEAK SPINES SOME DAMP STAINING ON END PAPERS VOL. II HAS FEP GLUE MARKED AND SMALL TEAR UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL RUBBER STAMP PORTRAIT ON FRONTISPIECE.
TWO VOLUMES FOURTH EDITION REVISED BY THOMAS ROSCOE OCTAVO FINE BINDING IN FULL CALF MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES. A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER VERY CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. FRONTIS. TO EACH VOLUME AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
