FIRST EDITION LOOSE CARD COVERS 6 PAGES OF TEXT IN ENGLISH AND 11 (OF12) FULL-PAGE LOOSE COLOUR PLATES. (IN THE FRENCH VERSION OF THIS SERIES THE PAGES WERE LOOSLEY INSERTED BUT THIS ENGLISH VERSION SEEMS TO HAVE HAD THA PLATE BOUND-IN BUT THEY ARE LOOSE). THE WHOLE CONTAINED IN A SLIP CASE. A VERY GOOD COPY. UNUSUAL.
A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON VARIOUS TOPICS FROM FREE-THINKING TO LAZY MONKS. GOOD COPY ONLY IN WORN BROWN BOARD AND GREEN CLOTH SPINE. FEP LOOSE. ANECDOTES ANTIENT AND MODERN WITH OBSERVATIONS. DAMP STAINING TOP OF SOME PAGES ALSO PAGES ARE RIPPLED AND SLIGHTLY FOXED. WEAK SPINE.
FIRST EDITION. ‘OR AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR ILLUSTRATING THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.’ QUARTO BOUND IN FULL CALF WITH A NEW SPINE RAISED BANDS NEW TITLE LABEL AND THE ORIGINAL BOARDS (RUBBED AT THE EDGES). MARBLED ENDPAPERS STRENGTHENING TO FRONT BOARD WITH USE OF TAPE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF RICHARD MICHAEL ROBBINS. QUARTO xxxv 740pp INDEX. A VERY GOOD CLEAN COPY.
