London.Richard Bentley & Son. 1878. Two Volumes. Volume I: [v], xxxi, [xxxii], [1], 2-491pp + [4]pp catalogue at rear. Colour frontispiece, 34 plates and 7 folding maps and plans within the text. Volume II: [v], xl, [1], 2-563pp + 4pp catalogue at rear. 48 plates, some folding, and 3 folding maps and plans throughout the text. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Octavos. First editions. Small nick to lower board of volume I; inoffensive splash marks to upper board of volume II; endpapers of volume I a little browned; volume II lacks frontispiece; light spotting to front endpapers of volume II and to fore-edges of both volumes; bookplates to front paste-down endpapers of both volumes. A handsome set in bright and fresh bindings.