Maggs Bros.

First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. [4], 324; [4], 352 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, flat spines panelled with neat gilt rolls, second and fourth panels lettered in gilt on black morocco labels, the rest with attractive gilt ornaments, marbled endpapers, yellow edges speckled in red (bookplates of ‘Condes do Bomfim’ and ‘Francisco de Paula Sarmento Ottolini’ to front pastedown of Vol. 1, occasional heaving browning and spotting throughout both volumes; light wear to extremities, spines slightly faded, minor scuffing to front cover of Vol. 1 with heavier scuffing to rear cover of Vol. 2, still an attractive set). Housed in a functional red cloth folding box. Paris, A. Sautelet et Cie, 1829.