Descrizione

3 volumes. First Edition. With fine Scottish provenance being Ex-libris of the Bellfield Library, Kilmarnock and James Buchanan, merchant of Glencoe. With half-titles in each volume. 8vo, handsomely bound in vellum over blue paper-covered boards, with the publisher's original printed paper labels on the spines, top edge gilt, others untrimmed xvi, 315; 332; 370 pp. A set in beautiful condition, the text fresh and as pristine but for a bit of the typical mellowing or occasional age evidence. The bindings are sturdy and strong and show little wear or use, a little bit of spotting from age to the bindings, publisher's printed labels are fresh and very legible. Ownership signature of James Buchanan unobtrusively at top of the titlepage, and stamp of the Bellfield Library on each title-page and occasionally at chapter openings, no other markings within, hard-to-see evidence of small circular shelf labels once being on the spine tops.