Second edition, 8 vols., 8vo (200 x 120 mm), [2], xxiv, 367, [1]; [2], 393, [1]; [2], iv, 411, [1]; [2], 484; [2], xvi, 496; [2], 368, [4]; [2], 528, [4]; [2], 450pp., one folding engraved map and 21 folding engraved plates on 20 sheets, 6 folding tables, some minor water staining to vol. II which effects the upper margin of 2 plates, but overall internally this is a very clean set, nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, spines with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt, a very nice set. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of John Burton Philips of The Heath House, Staffordshire, to each volume.