FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH 56 COLOUR PLATES BY EFFIE JARDINE 25 HALF-TONE PLATES. INSCRIPTION ON FEP SLIGHT FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT A VERY GOOD SOUND COPY.
FIRST EDITION TWO QUARTO VOLUMES COMPLETE. WITH 140 COLOURED FULL-PAGE PLATES AND 32 DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. THE BOOKS ARE FINE AND THE DUSTWRAPPERS ARE VERY GOOD STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX.
THE SECOND EDITION. ENLARGED AND CORRECTED. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER USING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS NEW SPINE AND TITLE LABEL RAISED BANDS. A VERY GOOD COPY INDEED. PP xii 368.
1ST EDITION. 2 VOLS. FADED SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN RED GILT DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD GILT LETTERING TO SPINE ALL EDGES GILT. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS 46 ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY FURNISS AND ADVERTS FOR THE WORKS OF CARROLL AT THE REAR.
8 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SMALL QUARTO RECENT BINDING IN BLUE BUCKRAM NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE SET. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A BOOKPLATE AND METAL SECURITY STRIP TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN THERE IS A TICKET POUCH WITH A LABEL TO THE REAR END PAGE. THE SPINE OF EACH VOLUMES HAS ‘AK 6’ IN GILT. THE CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. THE EIGHT VOLUMES COVER: 1. 1666-89. 2. 1699-1710. 3. 1711-20. 4. 1721-30. 5. 1731-40. 6. 1741-50. 7. 1751-60. 8. 1761-70. A NICE SET OF SCARCE BOOKS.
Author:
DEMOURS M.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PARIS, PAR LA COMAGNIE DES LIBRAIRIES, 1734 - 1774
