British Quarterly Review News Travel & Discoveries 1816-19 leather 3 vol. set

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The Quarterly Review.
Published quarterly, 1816-19, London & New York for James Eastburn.
3 volumes, each c. 950 pages. Text in English.

Contents include extensive commentaries on many travel accounts and voyages of discovery such as Ross- Northwest Passage, banking, Sandwich islands visit, Byron, Napoleon at Saint Helena, Ireland, Brig Commerce loss, Brazil, landscape gardening, Iceland, Robert Fulton, Ancient Egypt, China, Java, Australia, India, Thibet, and much more.

Attractive antiquarian 1/2 leather bindings, smooth spines, gilt title lettering, gilt bands & compartment decorations, marbled covers.

Set is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. 

Bindings age worn but still appealing, leather and joints slightly rubbed but still supple, lot remains overall very attractive as an object.

Text block paper is age toned as typical, heavy old damp staining to 1816-17 volume, scattered moderate to heavy spotting and age darkening throughout the books, internally set remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A lot which has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new.

Still attractive on the shelf. Lot displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detailed attempt to present this scarce set as it survives. 

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Books Measure c. 9" H x 5 1/2" W.

[B9988].