Original letters, illustrative of English history; including numerous royal letters from autographs in the British Museum, and one or two other collections
London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1824. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo; engraved frontispieces, including a folding facsimile in Vol. II; full contemporary calf (some dampstaining) recently rebacked, new black gilt morocco spine labels; boards rather scuffed, vol. II frontispiece and title page fore-edge dampstained, else a very good, sound set. The first of a series of three multi-volume collections of letters from the British Museum's collections published in 1824, 1827, and 1846, and compiled by Ellis (1777-1869), the principal librarian of the Museum. "A very judicious and valuable collection" (Lowndes, mentioning a fourth series in preparation which would never come to fruition). Lowndes, p. 732. Item #45432
Price: $250.00
