Raymond, George Frederick A NEW UNIVERSAL AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, From the Earliest Authentic Records, and Most Genuine Historical Evidence, the the Year 1788... Embellished and Illustrated with Upwards of One Hundred and Twenty Beautiful Copper Plate Engravings taken from the Original Drawings , Shakespear's Head, 17 Paternoster Row: J. Cooke.

Illustrated by Metz, Stothard, Samuel Wale and others.. Full-Leather. Good. Undated, circa 1790s. Illustrated Frontispiece shows Britannia surrounded by allegorical figures. Title Page is followed by the dedicatory page to the Prince of Wales. Complete Index follows the text, Instruction to binders and List of Subscribers. Original Full Leather binding with 5 Raised bands to spine, Leather title label with gilt lettering in one compartment. 14 1/2" Tall. Leather quite worn, especially at corners and cracked along sides of spine but the binding is holding together and the pages are firm. Some small pieces of leather missing from spine ends and from the title label (see photo). Some wear to marbled endpapers with small pieces missing. One page has a small closed marginal tear and another has small piece missing from corner. A few spots of foxing but most pages are clean. Please ask if you would like more photos or information. Large, heavy volume, so postage outside UK will be extra, please ask if you would like a shipping quote. (Book ref. 007517)  £400.00

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