A HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE IN THREE VOLUMES. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED (With approximately 90 extra Engravings)

FIRST EDITION. Three Volumes, 8vo., bound in full calf gilt, with raised bands to spine, gilt lines and decorations, gilt lined edges to covers, and armorial device to front, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; Vol I: [viii] + 350pp; Vol II: [vii] + 352pp; Vol III: [vii] + 338pp, indexed; engraved portrait frontispiece to each Volume, illustrated throughout with engraved plates, some double-page. Approximately 90 extra plates (18th and 19th century), mostly portraits, have been bound in throughout the three volumes. Previous owner's ink initials to reverse of Vol I frontis. Foxing to edges and to varying degrees throughout (heaviest to plates), covers dampstained from shelf edge to just below half way, a few small marks, a little scuffing to board edges and spine tops. A Good set overall.