THE MOST GORGEOUS LADY BLESSINGTON 1896 SECOND EDITION EXTRA ILLUSTRATED & BOUND BY BAYNTUN

[MOLLOY, J. FITZGERALD]. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. London: Downey & Co., 1896.

SECOND EDITION. Extra-illustrated, in two volumes, leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (19cm x 13cm), pp. xiv, 290; vii, 319. English text with engraved plates throughout. Bound in handsome half morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, hand-marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., half-titles, extra-illustrated with numerous plates (mostly portrait). Printed by Colston and Coy. Condition: NEAR FINE. Bindings tight and secure with the joints and hinges intact. Covers very well-preserved. Interiors with some very light scattered foxing and spotting to fore edges. Without previous ownership markings. A wonderful set and scarce thus.