THE DATE ON THE TITLE PAGE HAS BEEN CROPPED BUT 1774 AND HENCE SCARCE FIRST EDITION. AT THE REAR IS AN OUTLINE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY (8 PAGES). CRUDELY REBOUND WITH BOARDS IN TREE CALF AND EXTERNAL STRENGTHENING TO THE SPINE. NEVERTHESS COMPLETE AND GOOD. SCARCE.
NO DATE BUT THE NEW EDITION (OF 1837) BOUND IN FULL CALF RAISED BANDS SOME SCUFFING TO THE BOARDS BUT A VERY GOOD AND ATTRACTIVE COPY. 589 PAGES PLUS BOUND IN A KEY TO THE CLASSICAL PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK LATIN AND SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES (1838 187 PAGES).
TITLE PAGE IS MISSING BUT NOTE FROM PREVIOUS OWNER SUGGESTS THIS TITLE AND DATE. CRUDELY REBACKED WITH STRAPS ROUND THE SPINE. FIRST PAGE REPAIRED BUT CLEAN COMPLETE (EXCEPT TITLE) AND TIGHT.
THIRD EDITION ENLARGED AND ALTERED BY JOHN HAWKINS. FULL LEATHER WITH WORN BOARDS SPINE TITLE HAND-WRITTEN. TRIMMED TITLE PAGE INSERTED AND BOOK INCOMPLETE AS THE LAST ENTRY IS ‘WILL’.
12 VOLUMES COMPLETE. FINELY BOUND IN FULL TREE CALF MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES OCCASIONAL FOXING BUT GENERALLY CLEAN TIGHTLY BOUND. ONE VOLUME HAS A SMALL SPLIT THE HINGE. A HANDSOME SET. FRENCH TEXT.
THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES FOLIO FULL REVERSED CALF RAISED BANDS AN EXCELLENT SET – CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. 787 724 pp. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
