Description
3 vols., large 8vo, pp. [iv], 272; [iv], 277, [3, blank]; [iv], 279, [1], 4 (ads) + 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including a frontispiece in each volume and an additional engraved title-page in the first and third). Some pages unopened. Original pink pebble-grained cloth, boards blocked with decorative frames and borders in blind, spines lettered in gilt with a portrait of Dr Syntax also in gilt. Occasional minor spotting, a little heaver to initial leaves. Spines sunned, a little wear to joints and corners, somewhat more to spine ends, label removed from front pastedowns.