4 volumes extended to 8, 8vo (236 x 143 mm). EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 280 PLATES some window mounted or mounted (80 with hand-coloring, a few double-page folding, most engraved, a few lithographed, etched, or photogravured). (Slight toning, spotting and offsetting.) 20th-century brown morocco, sides stamped in gilt and black, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 3, stamped in gilt and black in 4, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun (slight wear to extremities, minor scuffing to sides); slipcase.

Fourth edition, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with a profusion of primarily 19th-century engraved plates depicting portraits, buildings, scenes, and sculpture.