Author: COLLIER, J. PAYNE
Title: A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language, Alphabetically Arranged, Which During the Last Fifty Years Have Come Under the Observation of J. Payne Collier F.S.A. (2 volume set, complete)
Description: London, Joseph Lilly. 1865, First Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Book, xlv, 555, 593 pages. Red leather spine and corners, gilt title and decorations on spine, 5 raised bands. A clean ex-library set which shows only few signs of wear. Interesting annotations in pencil, also includes several neatly written and interleaved pages of annotations to certain books. Volume I includes the official prospectus for this set. A handwritten note says that only 40 copies of this set were printed "so Lilly told me". A nice set. Very Good.

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