Language: English
Published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1822
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Third Edition. The Third Edition, 1822, complete with five fold-out plates, 338 pp. In handsome unsigned contemporary fine binding of black Levant, gilt crown of King George IV center of both covers and with blind-tooled border inside double gilt rules then fine intricate floral decorations in gilt bordered by double gilt rules, back with larger gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date, all edges gilt, edges of covers with double gilt rules, gilt inner dentelles, marbled end papers. The binding Near Fine, small rub at head of spine. Internally Near Fine with moderate toning, mostly to plates and adjacent pages. A superior copy, fit for a King's library.