Paris: Levacher, 1802 [An. X]. First Thus. Small 12mos, [2], ix-xi, 13-492 pp with 13 plates of illustrations (Vol. 1); 5-478 pp with 14 plates of illustrations (Vol. 2); 5-480 pp with 11 plates of illustrations (Vol. 3); 5-480 pp with 12 plates of illustrations (Vol. 4); 5-466 pp with 18 plates of decorations (Vol. 5); v-viii, 5-472 pp with 5 plates of illustrations (Vol. 6); 398 pp with 8 plates of illustrations (Vol. 7); 3-467 pp (Vol. 8); 519 pp with 3 plates of illustrations (Vol. 9); 531 pp with 3 plates of illustrations (Vol. 10). Fair; bound in modern blue paper with tan cloth spines, paper labels present to all spines except Vol. 10, titles also written on spines in black ink, covers show some surface marks and scratches, shelf wear to edges and corners; several volumes have compromised hinges and spines separated, with inner bindings all sound; text blocks show discoloration and liquid staining; some slight foxing to pages throughout and extensive liquid staining to several volumes; half-titles present in all volumes; ex-library copies with usual markings, including bookplates to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages, call numbers written in pencil, and card pockets at rear pastedown. Shelved above WWI. More

London: J. Johnson and Co., 1814. First Edition. 12mos, [2], 418 pp (Vol. 1); 431 pp (Vol. 2); 402 pp (Vol. 3); 390 pp (Vol. 4). Fair; half-titles in vols II-IV (none called for in Vol. 1), imprimatur of Richard Lovell Edgeworth in Vol. 1. Bound in contemporary blue paper with fading and surface marks to covers, some accounting notes in ink on cover of Vol. 3, all with discolored white cloth to spines, labels present but faded and discolored, extensive wear to edges and corners, all volumes housed in individual boxes in blue paper with brown cloth spines and discolored white paper spine labels; hinges compromised to Vol. 1, bindings all fragile but intact; text blocks very rough and uneven; some slight foxing to pages throughout; tucked into Vol. 4, folded card with hand-drawn sketch in pencil of a house and its demesne on one outside leaf and a country road with a person walking it on the other, with genealogy notes, shopping list, accounting notes and sketches of profiles in pencil on inside. More

New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. New Edition. Octavo, [2], 7-455 pp. Fair; bound in contemporary black cloth with gilt titling to spine, some areas of discoloration and fading to covers, shelf wear and slight tears to spine edges and corners, protective plastic cover; boards slightly shaken but binding else tight; text block age toned but clean; foxing to pages throughout; previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown "W.B. Chittenden Fort Wayne, Ind." and inscription in pencil on ffep "Sally Chittenden from Aunt Sarah Merrill." More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. First Edition. Octavos, v-xvi, [2], 3-315 pp (Vol. 1); [2], 3-332 (Vol. 2); [2], 3-370 (Vol. 3). Good+; bound in contemporary black leather with marbled endpapers, gilt titling to spines, extensive tooling and gilt decorations to spine, covers and fore edges of boards, slight surface marks and fading to covers but else clean; minor crack to front hinge of Vol. 3 but bindings else tight; marbled text block fore edges and top edges age toned but clean; pages clean; half-titles present; in ink on final page of Vol. 3, appended to the final sentence, "in Spelsbury Church near Enstone, Oxfordshire, in which Parish the Ditchley Estate is situated." Shelved above WWII. More

London: T. Payne, 1796. First Edition. 12mo, iii-xlviii (Dedication, List of Subscribers, Contents), 390 pp (Vol. 1); [2], 432 pp (Vol. 2); [2], 468 pp (Vol. 3); [2], 432 pp (Vol. 4); [2], 556 pp (Vol. 5). Good; bound in contemporary marbled paper with 1/2 calf, black labels with gilt titling to spines (Vol. 2 label half torn away; Vol. 4 label not attached but present, tucked in to gutter of front cover), some slight fading and rubbing to paper covers, a few surface marks to leather, shelf wear and rubbing to spine, edges and corners; bindings tight; text blocks age toned but clean; some very slight foxing to pages throughout; previous owner name in ink on ffep "J. Richards." More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. First Edition. Octavos, 331 pp (Vol. 1); 3-333 pp (Vol. 2); 3-351 pp (Vol. 3). Good; bound in contemporary marbled paper with 1/2 calf, tooling and gilt titling to spine and tooling to leather edges on covers, areas of rubbing and fading to papers, wear and slight cracking to leather of spines, tears to spine edges and corners; slight cracks to hinges but bindings else tight; text blocks age toned; pages clean; half-titles present in all volumes with pencil marks on them; modern cellophane tape repairs to front pastedown and ffep of Vol. 2. Shelved above WWII. More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First Edition. Octavos, lxiii, [2], 3-273 pp (Vol. 1); 3-331 pp (Vol. 2); 3-360 pp (Vol. 3). Good+; bound in contemporary marbled paper with 3/4 calf with tooled edges, tooling and gilt decorations to spine and title that has faded, some areas of discoloration to covers and rubbing of paper, some wear and scratches to spines, edges and corners; bindings tight; marbled text blocks deeply age toned; pages clean; half-titles present in all volumes. Shelved above WWII. More

London: J.[ohn] Murray, 1816. Second Edition. Octavos, 360 pp (Vol. 1); 294 pp (Vol. 2); 354 pp (Vol. 3); Good+; bound in contemporary marbled paper with 3/4 calf and marbled endpapers, tooled and gilt decorations and titles to spines and around marbled paper, some fading and rubbing to paper covers and wear to edges and corners. housed in cloth display box; bindings tight; marbled text blocks clean; slight foxing to pages throughout; lacking half-titles; previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedowns "Osman Ricardo." More