Description
5 vols., 4to, pp. xlviii, 431, [1] + frontispiece and 1 other plate; [iv], 447, [1]; [iv], 495, [1]; [iv], 471, [1]; [iv], 460. Hundreds of engravings contained within text. Untrimmed in original carta rustica, manuscript paper labels to spines. Foxed and spotted, a few gatherings showing signs of damp or marginal worming (from when the book was in sheets), one or two edge tears. Bindings soiled and stitching loosening, spine of vol. 1 partially defective, several flyleaves excised. Index in each vol. supplemented with numerous additional entries (and sometimess sections) in a neat contemporary hand.
