c1880. Faded spines. Div. 1 Marks to covers. Cracked inner hinges exposing webbing, text block firm & tight. Div. 3 Partial detatchment of prelims & text block crack with movent to one section.  Div. 7 Knock to top edge of boards has damaged first pages with upto a small tear (affecting text pages with scrape to edge). Text block crack but all firm. Div. 9 Inner hinges broken, text block still attached & together/firm. Div. 10 Prelim partially detached. Most inner hinges have paper cracked to webbing showing to rock solid to some movement of boards, the worst have been described individually. Some marks to boards inc one with water stain & a couple with insect damage to back but not serious (a few small pits). Mostly generally look well looked after & most of the brightly gilt edged pages are stunning & crisp. There are however some usage marks & small creases to bottom edges evident at points. There is some foxing but certainly not detrimental to set, tissue guards have creases & one has tear. Visually stunning set & very scarce in this very handy (still large & heavy) & useable form. Yes, there are some faults in this beautiful 10 piece c140 year old set but that is to be expected, when going through the pages these will not be even thought of. Pictures do not do this set justice, a pleasure to own. Book ends not included.

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