Description
FIRST EDITION, 5 vols., large 8vo, pp. xvi, 584; x, 598, [2], viii [ads]; xvii, [i], 639, [1], [24, ads]; xiv, 520, [24, ads]; x, 603, [1]. Numerous illustrations included within pagination. Original taupe cloth, front boards blocked in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Some scattered spotting. A little rubbed and marked, extremities bumped. 20th century ownership inscriptions to flyleaf of vol. 1 dated 1928 and 1959, other volumes with pencil ownership inscriptions of Wm Donald to flyleaves, some scattered pencil underlining and a few marginal notes, pencil architectural sketch to rear flyleaf of vol. 5.