FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN SLIGHTLY WORN DUSTWRAPPER. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. 216 PAGES OF TEXT AND 164 FIGURES (MAPS PLANS DRAWINGS). SCARCE IN THE UK. A DETAILED STUDY.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED AS 5 VOLUMES WITH TWO DIVISIONS PER VOLUME. THIS SET IS NOT COMPLETE BEING DIVISIONS 246810 INDIVIDUALLY BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. THE FIRST TWO VOLUMES COVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE REST THE CONTINENT. EACH BOOK GOES FROM AROUND PAGE 145 TO AROUND PAGE 288. CIRCA 1880 FIVE VOLUMES QUARTO ORIGINAL RED CLOTH FINE GILT AND BLACK DECORATION TO THE BOARDS BEVELLED EDGES SPINES DARKENED ALL EDGES GILT STAIN TO ONE FRONT BOARD SEVERAL HINGES CRACKED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. MANY FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS.
SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1900 PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED ATTRACTIVE RED CLOTH ALL EDGES GILT GILT ARMORIAL TO FRONT BOARDS DECORATIVE SPINES. AN ATTRACTIVE AND CLEAN SET. UNUSUAL IN THIS CONDITION.
