DUYCKINCK, Evert A

History Of The World From The Earliest Period To The Present Time

      New York: Johnson, Fry and Company. Decoratively bound in dark brown morocco and buckram pebbled cloth with three-quarter leather and bright gilt embossing. This antique set provides a History of the World by noted historian Evert A. Dyckinck. The volumes contain many engraved plates of highly finished Steel engravings, including frontispiece portraits and engraved title pages. The decorative set shows well, with show mild external age/wear, including rubbing to the leather More-so to spine of Volume 1) and some sunning to the boards. The volumes are solidly bound with lightly age-toned pages, featuring brightly gilded page edges. Some foxing present mainly associated with plates. Double column text. contemporary brown. Vol 1 - 3: 640 pages each; vol 4: 626 pages with an index. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1871. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.