Hardback. 4 Vols. Brown cloth, quarter leather binding with gilt titles on 5 ribbed spine. Wear and scuffing of leather to spine-ends, ribs & tips. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 11.1" x 9.1". Published in 4 volumes with pagination for the two volume edition which was published in the same year. 1 & 2 viii pp. + 443 pp. inc. index. Illus: 170 tissue-guarded hand-pressed engravings on plain card. 3 & 4 504 pp. inc. index & 8 pp. appendix of notes relating to 32 consecutively bound portraits. Illus: 191 tissue-guarded hand-pressed engravings. Wt: 10 Kg. Extra postage outwith UK. Good (internally VG). Uniform set in uniform condition. NB. Vol. 3 has probably been stored with the spine away from direct light since it is significantly brighter than the other volumes.