ELIA & LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA 1903 CHARLES LAMB, BAYNTUN-RIVIERE, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED

[LAMB, CHARLES]. Elia, Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in the London Magazine. [Together with:] The Last Essays of Elia. [Together with:] Notes and Illustrations to Lamb's Essays by E. V. Lucas. London: Methuen & Co., 1903.

NEW 'EXTRA ILLUSTRATED' EDITIONS; in three volumes, leather-bound, hardcovers, octavos (22 x 15 cm), pp. vi, [2], 149; [2], 151-298; [2], 299-475. Pagination continuous. English text. Handsomely bound in three-quarter blue morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, cloth sides, top edges gilt, other edges rough cut, marbled endpapers, 334 engraved 18th and 19th century plates (of which 200 are coloured by hand). Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure, the joints and hinges perfectly intact. Covers beautifully preserved remaining bright and clean. Interior with some scattered foxing throughout. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.