first edition hardcover
1843 · London
by SHAW, Henry
London: Pickering, 1843. First. hardcover. very good(+). 94 single-sided engraved plates mainly in full color & gilt; numerous hand-illuminated wood engraved initials and text illustrations throughout the unpaginated text. 2 volumes. 4to, simply bound in more recent 3/4 blue cloth over marbled boards. London: William Pickering, 1843. First Edition. Both volumes worn at spine ends and have repaired cracks at center where text blocks had split; light foxing on first and last several pages of volume one, but the plates are clean and fresh. A very good(+) copy.
(Inventory #: 268499)