Description
FIRST FOULIS EDITION, 8 vols., 8vo, pp. [vi], 184, 184; [ii], 150, 150; [ii], 151, [3, blank], 151, [1]; [ii], 178, 178, [2, blank]; [ii], 134, 134, [2, blank]; [ii], 151, [3, blank], 151, [1]; 138, 138; 154, 154. Contemporary calf, spines divided by raised bands between double gilt rules. One blank leaf (of 8) discarded, some light spotting, one or two minor edge tears. Rather rubbed and marked, some wear to spine ends, several joints cracking and one one (front of vol. 1) loosening, labels lost. Gilt crest to head of each vol. of army officer, politician, and aide-de-camp to George III James St Clair Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837).
