TWELVE VOLUMES WITH MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN MAROON EMBOSSED CLOTH LATE VICTORIAN (NO DATE). VOL.1 HAS PAGES 59-61 LOOSE. SOME SPINES FADED SOME WEAR BUT GENERALLY A VERY GOOD SET.
LIMITED TO 200 COPIES FOR SALE (250 WERE PRINTED). THIS IS NUMBER 9(a). QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN BUCKRAM BEVELLED EDGES T.E.G. UNTRIMMED PAGE EDGES. WITH FOUR FULL PAGE WOODCUTS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS INCLUDING THE FRONTIS.. THE TYPE IS BEMBO REVIVED FROM AN EARLY ALDINE FOUNT. THE PAPER IS PURE RAG HAND-MADE. OF THE EDITION OF 200 A BALANCE REMAINED AND THESE WERE TAKEN OVER BY HOLLIS AND CARTER LIMITED AND OFFERED IN A LESS ELABORATE BINDING AND NUMBERED 1(a) ONWARDS. tHIS IS ONE OF THOSE COPIES. SLIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND SOME (SLIGHT) FADING TO THE GREEN BOARDS NO SLIPCASE. A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK.
FIRST EDITION WITH 10 FULL-PAGE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES. OCTAVO QUARTER LEATHER RED BOARDS. EXTERNALLY POOR INTERNALLY VERY GOOD. THE SPINE IS TORN AND WORN AT THE TOP AND FOOT. HOWEVER THE BOOK IS COMPLETE AND INTERNALLY CLEAN. 301 PAGES. A READING COPY. AND PRICED ACCORDINGLY.
