first edition Added portraits, views, facsimiles, and other material; (2), viii, 360; (2), 361-756, plus 4 pp of publisher's ads. 2 vols. 8vo
1824 · London
by (Extra-Illustrated) Clinton, George
London: Robins & Co, 1824. First edition. Added portraits, views, facsimiles, and other material; (2), viii, 360; (2), 361-756, plus 4 pp of publisher's ads. 2 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco by Root & Son, gilt-tooled spines, a.e.g., in the slipcase. A lovely clean and fine copy. First edition. Added portraits, views, facsimiles, and other material; (2), viii, 360; (2), 361-756, plus 4 pp of publisher's ads. 2 vols. 8vo. Originally issued in parts, this copy being extra illustrated with a total of 56 plates. A curious selection of extra plates including such contemporaries of Byron as Wordsworth, Southey, Mary and Percy Shelley, as well as Marie Antoinette, Napoleon (twice), and Washington Irving, with scenes of Venice and Constantinople. A pretty set. Provenance: Ex libris stamp of C[harles] S. D[ixwell] (1868-1934); Cohn 145
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