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.
COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES QUARTO HALF CALF RAISED BANDS WITH 361 FINE PORTRAITS TISSUE GUARDS. TEG. PREVIOUS OWNER’S NAME TO FEP. LIGHTSPOTTING TO PAGES EDGES. A VERY GOOD CLEANAND TIGHT SET.
FIRST EDITION CREAM CLOTH COLOUR FRONTIS. AND EACH PLATE ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE. PRPLATES PRESENTED BY J H FITZHENRY TO THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. BOARDS RATHER GRUBBY AND SOME AGE-TONING TO THE FRONT AND REAR ENDPAPER OTHERWISE VERY GOOD FOR THE AGE. PRINTED BY WYMAN AND SONS. SCARCE..