First octavo edition of Clarendon’s classic account of the English civil war, this set extra-illustrated by the addition of mostly engraved portraits.
6 volumes, 8vo. 19th-century black straight-grain morocco, wide gilt raised bands, spines lettered gilt, covers with gilt roll border, pineapple tools at inside corners, gilt Greek-key roll to inner dentelles, purple endpapers, gilt edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece as issued; extra-illustrated with numerous contemporary engraved portraits. A good clean set.