Description

2 volumes. First Edition, 1823 issue. Embellished and Illustrated with a Series of Hand-Coloured Aquatint Plates, Designed and Engraved by Messrs. Heath, Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, &c. With all the plates called for in the Contents and an additional plate not called for. 8vo, very handsomely bound in full period polished calf, the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders, surrounding two inner roll tooled border decorations, one fully gilt, the other in blind, the spines with raised bands separating the compartments, two compartments with green morocco lettering labels gilt, the other compartments with central gilt ornamental tooling, the raised bands elaborately gilt tooled and gilt ruled, all edges marbled, marbled endleaves. x, 656; ix,[1], 668 pp A very handsome copy, beautifully preserved, in excellent condition in rare contemporary bindings, gilt extra. A superior set.