CATALOGUE 812 ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF MAGGS BOTHERS LTD. VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN ORANGE BOARDS. A PRESENTATION COPY TO ROBERT D STEEDMAN AND SIGNED BY JOHN MAGGS AND FRANK MAGGS.
THIRD EDITION IN FOUR VOLUMES. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS WEAR TO LEATHER FRONT BOARDS VERY TENDER AND THAT OF VOLS.1 AND 3 DETACHED TITLE LABEL TO VOL. 3 MISSING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. AMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWNS DATED 1838. VOL 1: RESEARCHES HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN; VOL 2: ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE CRITICISM AND PHILOLOGY. PHILOSOPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY; VOL 3: LETTERS FROM EMINENT PERSONS MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ETC. VOL. 4: BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS LITERARY ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 70 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 45. SMALL QUARTO QUARTER LEATHER OVER FABRIC-LINED CLOTH. WITH LITHOGRAPHS BY EILEEN HOGAN WITH HER SIGNATURE ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. THIS IS ONE OF THE UN-BOXED COPIES. A FINE COPY WITH ACETATE COVER.
