Description
Thick octavo, [two volumes], xiv, [3], 550pp; [8], 641pp. Contemporary red morocco, raised bands, title in gilt with decorative gilt illustrations. Top edge gilt, marbled end papers. Previous ownership signature on front end paper of Volume II. Frontispiece portraits in both volumes. Numerous illustrated maps, with large fold-out map at the rear of Volume I and 14 smaller fold-out maps. In Volume II, 18 fold-out maps. Intermittent foxing in both volumes. Bookplate from the “Cliveden Library” of Waldorf and Nancy Astor, laid-in after the book was rebound. An exceptionally copy with a unique provenance. (Nevins Vol. II, 62) (Howes H-408)
