BEING AN IMPARTIAL SELECTION OF THE MOST EXQUISITE ESSAYS AND JEUX D`ESPRITS PRINCIPALLY PROSE THAT APPEAR IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. A VERY SCARCE RUN OF 18 VOLUMES. SMALL OCTAVO BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN AND TIGHT. A VERY SCARCE SET.
QUARTO THE FIFTH EDITION VERY NICELY RE-BOUND WITH A NEW LEATHER SPINE NEW ENDPAPERS AND WITH ORIGINAL MARBLED BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 17 ENGRAVED FULL PLATES. NEAT INSCRIPTION ON FEP SAYS ‘EDWARD WILSON RECRUITING DEPARTMENT EAST INDIA HOUSE JULY 22 1850’. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A HANDSOME BINDING.