Illustrations for The History of England

David Hume; Thomas Smollett

London : James Virtue, 1880

Quarto. 100 plates to illustrate the Virtue edition of the History of England, Contemporary 3/4 red leather over red pebbled cloth. Raised bands, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers. Foxing to a few plates, but majority are clean. No text. A collection of plates excised and rebound from the set issued by Virtue in the Victorian period.