$2,318
Edited by Richard Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 2 vols. Folio, full tan Morocco by Bayntun, covers and spine compartments decorated with a gilt and black interwoven Celtic pattern, a.e.g., morocco and gilt-stamped turn-ins, marbled endpapers. First edition. Extra-illustrated edition, 173 engraved plates (38 hand-tinted), including numerous fold-out views of London (including a double-page fold-out view of Saint Paul's Cathedral) and a fold-out map. Light intermittent foxing; 1-inch tears to p. 491, vol. 1, and the mount of accompanying plate; some scattered brownspotting; minor abrasion to spine vol. 1; some offsetting to endpapers; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05
