FIRST EDITION FOUR PARTS IN ONE LARGE FOLIO FULL LEATHER WITH GILT DESIGN TO BOARDS AND SPINE TOP EDGES GILT. DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. COMPLETE WITH 29 ENGRAVED PLATES BY W B AND GEORGE COOKE FROM DRAWINGS BY F L CHANTREY. FOXING TO THE PLATE EDGES BUT THE TEXT IS VERY CLEAN. PART 1:106pp. PART 2: 126pp PART 3: 121pp PART 4: 132 pp. OVERALL A HANDSOME VOLUME TIGHTLY BOUND.
Author:
RHODES E.
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON, LONGMAN, HURST REES, ORME AND BROWN, AND JOHN MURRAY AND ALSO MR.E. RHODES, SHEFFIELD, 1818-23
FIRST EDITION. COMPLETE IN FOUR PARTS FOLD-OUT COLOURED MAP. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. THEN INTERNALLY CLEAN. WORN BROWN CLOTH RED LABEL SPLIT BETWEEN THE FRONT BOARD AND THE SPINE. SCARCE. GOOD ONLY.
FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. PRICE-CLIPPED. NEAT SIGNATURE. SLIGHT FADING OF COLOUR TO SPINE. NUMBER 56 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES.
