2 volumes, 8vo. (Some pale spotting). Original publisher’s rose blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, yellow coated endpapers (spines sunned, minor losses to spine ends vol. I, 1 1/2-in split to upper joint vol. I, corners slightly bumped, some soiling to endpapers as often); half morocco folding case. Provenance: John Sedgwick (early signature on titles, bookplates). 

 

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published approximately one month after the English edition. The present copy has the blind-stamped rule about 1/8” from the tops of spines (no priority established). BAL 13658.