THE SECOND AND BETTER EDITION WITH ADDITIONS. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR AND FOR JOSEPH AMES AND PETER THOMSON AND SOLD AT THE GOLDEN BALL IN PATERNOSTER ROW. QUARTO MODERN SCARLET FULL-LEATHER RE-BINDING GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS RAISED BANDS NEW ENDPAPERS. FRONTISPIECE OF THE AUTHOR LAID DOWN AS IS THE TITLE PAGE. PLUS 25 PLATES OTHER ILLUS. IN THE TEXT. INCLUDES A COLLECTION OF PAPERS RECORDS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING HISTORY …. pp. viii 204 124. AN EXCELLENT COPY CLEAN AND TIGHT IN AN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY BINDING.
COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE MARBLED END PAPERS. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1910. SLIGHT WEAR TO TOP OF SOME SPINES BUT AN ATTRACTIVE SET.
SIX VOLUMES IN HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER AND CLOTH. CROSSBANDED AND GILT EMBOSSED SPINES. OLD REBOUND COPIES. VOLUMES ONE AND TWO ARE VERY FOXED AND AGE DARKENED. THE REMAINING ARE AGE DARKENED BUT LESS SO. VERY GOOD TIGHT BINDINGS.
FIRST EDITION THREE VOLUMES FOLIO (26 BY 40CM.) 557pp 581pp 603pp. RECENTLY (THIS YEAR 2016) FINELY REBOUND AND RESTORED IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER NEW BROWN BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. VOLUME 1: LACKS TITLE PAGE HALF TITLE PREFACE (xxiii pp) 557 pp. PROFESSIONAL REPAIR TO SOME EARLY PAGE EDGES. VOLUME 2: HALF TITLE TITLE PAGE DATED 1703 DEDICATION (8pp) 581 pp EARLY PAGES WORN TO THE EDGES THEN VERY GOOD EVIDENCE OF WORMING TO A FEW LATE PAGES. VOLUME 3: TITLE PAGE DATED 1704 DEDICATION 603 pp INDEX. ONE VOLUME CONTAINS THE ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM GRIFFITH OF NORTH WALES DATED 1707. OVERALL A VERY HANDSOME AND TIGHT SET. EXTRA WILL BE REQUIRED POSTAGE OUTSIDE THE UK.
