Matthijs Pool Engraver (1 results)

Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. Complete set of first editions. Volume I published in 1707, Volumes II and III published in 1718. Contemporary full Cambridge panelled calf leather bindings. Spines with six raised bands and leather title label. Joints cracked but all boards securely held be the cords. Wear to ends of spines and corners of boards. Some tears and marking to boards. Engraved frontis to all volumes (Volume II and III with identical engraving) and fold-out engraved portrait of King George I to Volume III. Various attractive headpieces, tailpieces and historiated capitals. Title pages printed in red and black. Volume III has light water staining to lower part of the first 40 pages, the text is otherwise very clean throughout. Old inked notes to final blank in Volume III. Echard's magnum opus which remained the standard work for the first quarter of the 18th century. A scarce complete set of first editions. The bindings are worn but this remains an eminently usable example. Overall condition is Good Plus. Please Note: This is a very heavy item. Postage prices are based on tracked airmail with Royal Mail, however if we are able to source a courier at a lower price we will refund any excess charges. Size: 9.5 x 14 inches (24 x 36 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Folio. [14], 980, [20] (Index); [12], 910, [26] (Index); [18], 981, [1], [28] (Index).…