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BERGUER, Lionel Thomas.
The British Essayists; with Prefaces Biographical, Historical, and Critical.
In Forty-Five Volumes.
An attractive library set of essays from British publications such as the Tatler, the Observer, the Guardian, and the Spectator.
45 volumes, octavo (157 × 96 mm). Contemporary red morocco, spines gilt in compartments, brown endpapers, turn-ins, elaborate floral ruling to boards, and all edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces to some volumes. Bindings rubbed, joints repaired, gilt renewed to a few spots on spines, foxing to title pages and occasionally to contents. A very good set.
