DECORATIVE BINDINGS: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, sixth editio...

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DECORATIVE BINDINGS: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, sixth edition, 20 vols, full leather, gilt edged diamond embossed boards, gilt title and decoration to spine, marbled block, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece to vol I, Archibald Constable And Company, Edinburgh 1822, with ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, SUPPLEMENT TO THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH EDITIONS, 6 vols, matching bindings, Archibald Constable And Company, Edinburgh 1824 (26) (at fault)

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All volumes show sunning to the spines, watermarks to the boards, and shelf wear to the leather. Many show wear and losses to the ribbon bookmarks. All pages show some age related darkening and some foxing, and the odd stain to some pages. The engraved plates appear to be present throughout.