Madrid: D. Gabriel de Sancha 1797. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Five volumes complete: the first part in three volumes and the second part in two. xccxliv143; vi318; iv275; xx456; vi484pp. Illustrated with 33 engraved plates including portraits three fold-out maps one hand-coloured in outline and two head-pieces. Bound in contemporary half-vellum/parchment over marbled paper boards with leather title-labels to spines. All edges dyed red and waxed. Original title-pages all present but lacking any half-titles or general title page. Toning and wear to spines; patches of loss to surface layer on spine of vol. I & III. Some light toning and off-setting to texts but generally very clean and bright; scattered foxing only. Old owner's engraved bookplate of Weston B. Flint engraved y H. E. Kellogg inside front covers. Otherwise internally fine: clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and still handsome set. . D. Gabriel de Sancha Hardcover
Gabriel de Sancha 1797. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. Five volume complete set illustrated with 33 engraved plates 3 fold-out maps and two head-pieces and a fold-out facsimile of a letter from Cervantes. Complete. The 5 volumes were expertly rebound probably in the early 1900s. 2 of the volumes retain the original hand-sewn headbands. The leather and the labels are in fine condition. Very clean overall. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. <br/> <br/> Gabriel de Sancha hardcover