Bindings.- History

A collection of 38 volumes

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, new edition, 12 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, significant staining to title and frontispiece of vol.1, 2 folding maps (of 3), tears and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked with new endpapers, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802;

Southey (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vols., second edition, engraved frontispieces, staining, contemporary signatures to titles, contemporary gilt-tooled calf, worn, marbled endpapers, 1814;

Smollett (T.) The History of England…, New Edition, 5 vols., engraved portrait frontispiece, modern ownership inscriptions, contemporary calf gilt, for Cadell and Davies, 1807;

with others similar, including Carlyle’s Works, v.s. [not subject to return] (38)