VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN FADED RED CLOTH PAPER – BLOCK TITLE ON SPINE. EDITED FROM THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE. 1ST EDITION. ROY FULLER’S COPY.
FIVE VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION. THE WORK IS ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SHEFFIELD. BOUND IN HALF BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH RAISED BANDS. FRONT BOARD TO VOL. 1 DETACHED OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET CLEAN AND TIGHT SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF MR HUGH RENTON ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. VOLUME 1 MEMOIRS AND LETTERS pp530; VOLUME 2 LETTERS pp 502; VOLUME 3 HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL pp612; VOLUME 4 MISCELLANEOUS pp600; VOLUME 5 CLASSICAL AND CRITICAL pp648 THE LAST VOLUME HAVING SOME MATERIAL WRITTEN IN FRENCH.
WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. SMALL OCTAVO 329 PAGES CRUDELY BOUND IN WORN CLOTH STRENGTHENED HINGES BUT INTERNALLY CLEAN AND COMPLETE.
