Maclise Portrait-Gallery of "Illustrious Literary Characters" with Memoirs: Biographical, Critical, Bibliographical & Anecdotal Illustrative of the Literature of the Former Half of the Present Century
xvi, 540pp, many black and white plates. Half bound in red leather under marbled paper-covered boards; gilt titles on black spine label; marbled text block edge, marbled endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed edges and corners, paper wearing. Top text block edge tanning, remaining edges starting to tan. Frontispiece tissue-guard taning and foxing. Some light foxing throughout. Otherwise internally neat and tight.
