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1894. Author's Edition. Two volumes 16mo (3 ½ by 5 ½ inches). Volume 1: (viii), pp 263 plus 30 pages of ads: Volume 2: (1-7) pp 8-284 plus 32pages of ads. In an extraordinary full tan calf binding. Spine with four raised bands in gilt and delicately painted floral decorations in compartments. Both front and rear boards with a depressed inset decorated with an elaborate floral panel in gilt, amber and green. The border surrounding the inset with painted floral devices. Top edges gilded and gauffered. Crimson watered silk endpapers with the binder's stamp, Norsa-Venetia, in gilt in the rear of each volume. Inner hinges cracked but sound. Slight loss at the upper spine tip of volume 1 and the lower spine tip of volume 2. Volume 2 with a light, narrow scuff to the spine and a small diffuse spot on the front cover. Volume 1 with a small stain to the spine edge and board. With the bookplate of Gertrude Chandler Tucker, whose father, Harrison Chandler, founded Chandler and Price, a major manufacturer of printing presses. In all, a nearly fine set with the intricately painted original designs nicely preserved. Given the publication date of 1894 and a 1906 gift inscription on the front flyleaf, we would date this binding between 1895 and 1905. A rare production.…