18 Volumes. 12mo [but bound in 4's]. Full burgundy morocco, gilt, all edges gilt. Fuchsia end papers. A handsome gilt binding with gilt harps on all covers and heavy gilt designs on all volumes. Three sections of six volumes apiece: Prose / Poetry / Epistles. Each volume has an engraved title page at the front, and a second engraved title page midway through (each volume contains two 'books'). This set bears the ownership signature of "Eliza. Teresa Palmer / 1823" on the blank front flyleaf of each volume. Scattered moderate foxing and some offsetting from engravings, a few volumes have minor discoloration to margins; an attractive and clean very good set, with all hinges in good order. Seller Inventory # 56095

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Title: Elegant Extracts: Being A Copious Selection ...

Publisher: London: John Sharpe / Piccadilly: & R. Jennings, Poultry, [c.1820].

Binding: Hardcover

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Established 1976. Open Shop: The Haunted Bookshop. 9807 Third Street, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 3A6. Our Web Site: http://www.bookbill.net/ Email: bill@rainbownorth.com Member: ABAC/ALAC ~ ILAB/LILA

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