| Quarto. 15 volume set in contemporary full marbled calf leather binding. First series. Published by J. Nichols for the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1770 to 1806. Clean, white, unmarked pages. Text block is in excellent condition with only very limited foxing to a few pages. Heavy set. Some edge wear to boards. Heavily illustrated with extraordinary fold out maps, plates, and drawings. All books have original boards and solid bindings, except volume 15 is missing its rear board and two other volumes have lose boards. Intermittent loss of spine label lettering. Please see our pictures or contact us for additional information about this set. Very scarce. |