The Castles And Abbeys Of England, From the National Records, Early Chronicles, And Other Standard Authors

London and New York: George Virtue, 1850. First and Second Series. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth, front covers decorated in gilt seals, backstrips also in gilt motifs. Very good. 2 Vols. 351, 362 pages. 11.5 x 7 inches. First Series with more than 200 engravings and Second Series illustrated with 27 engravings on steel by W.H. Bartlett, and numerous woodcuts. All full page plates with tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black. Initially published in 1842 by Tilt and Bogue, with date on title pages, numerous later editions by Virtue. Interior contents clean and fresh. Appendix.