ORIGINAL RUSSETT CLOTH GILT DECORATIONS BEVELLED BOARDS WITH 25 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES. FRONT HINGE TENDER LIGHT FOXING BUT NOT AFFECTING MOST PLATES. VERY GOOD.
TWO VOLUMES IN FOUR QUARTO. VERY NICELY RE-BOUND IN MAROON CLOTH ALL EDGES GILT GILT TITLES NEW ENDPAPERS. VOLUME 2 CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE AND CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN THESE DISTRICTS. NUMEROUS ENGRAVED PLATES ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND CHARTS. THE SECOND PART OF VOLUME 1 HAS DAMP STAINS TO THE EARLY PLATES OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET. POSTAGE EXTRA.
TWO WORKS IN ONE VOLUME. OCTAVO FINELY BOUND IN FULL BLACK LEATHER A.E.G. RAISED BANDS GILT. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. LIFE OF GENT 1832 208 pp. THE ANTIENT AND MODERN HISTORY OF THE LOYAL TOWN OF RIPPON1733 INTRODUCED BY A POEM ON THE SURPRIZING BEAUTIES OF STUDLEY PARK…xvi [ii] 166 73 [vii]. page 49/50 IS MIS-NUMBERED BUT ALL PRESENT. COLLECTED BY THOMAS GENT OF YORK. WOODCUTS OF VARIOUS SIZES. A FINE EXAMPLE OF TWO SCARCE WORKS.