Description
51 vols., 12mo, various paginations; most vols. with at least one plate (usually a frontispiece). Engraved head- and tail-pieces. Uniform contemporary mottled rose calf, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule, flat spines divided by gilt rolls, green morocco labels, other compartments with central urn or sunburst gilt tools, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Some light spotting, occasional minor dampstaining. Extremities rubbed, occasional surface insect damage, some marks and chips and slight wear but good overall. Modern bookplate to front pastedowns, a pencil note in some vols. ‘From the Dropmore library’.