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IMPORTANT HISTORY OF COMMERCE - THE BEST EDITION - GREATLY EXPANDED & REVISEDfirst edition thus revised and expanded (second overall) 4 vols. 4to. [2 (title)], (v)-lxxxviii, 556; [2 (title)], 647, [1 (blank)]; [2 (title)], 508, [59 (chronological index)], [1 (blank)], [11 (index & appendix)], [1 (blank)]; [2 (title)], iv, [4 (list of subscribers)], 718, [43 (alphabetical & chronological index)], [1 (blank)]pp., 2 folding maps, 1 frontispiece plate, 1 folding table, contemporary speckled calf, sides with a decorative gilt rolled border, spines panelled by gilt highlighted raised bands, panels gilt tooled, black morocco title labels and olive green morocco numbering labels, labels on vol. 2 renewed (very close match to originals), minor old worm trace in a few early gatherings of vol.2 very skillfully repaired, minor damps stains to margins of some leaves (mainly of terminal leaves), some minor cracking of joints sometime very skillfully refurbished. Overall a nice and a handsome…
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