2ND EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP WHICH HAS SOME SELLOTAPE MARKS. ARRANGED ACCORDING TO A NEW SYSTEM BASED ON THEIR PROBABLE PHYLOGENY. NEAT NAME AND DATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER ON F.E.P. ILLUSTRATED WITH LINE DRAWINGS AND MAPS.
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.
