SIGNET LIBRARY.. Catalogue of the Library of the Writers to His Majesty's Signet.1833

Edinburgh: [Printed by Neill & Co; Alex. Lawrie & Co; 5 Parts, 4to (290 x 225 mm), [4], 113, [1]; iv, 161, [1]; v, [1], 166; [4], 145, [1]; [4], iii, [3], 282, 15, [1]pp., double-column, orig. cloth-backed boards, a couple of head and tail of spines a little chipped but overall a very good set, partly unopened, uncut. Sold with this 5 volume set is a copy of the rare first edition of the second part ([4] 163, [1]pp., orig. boards), it was published in 1820 by the Caledonian Mercury Press, Edinburgh, but the majority of the copies were destroyed in a fire at the premises of the publisher in 1820; The second edition was published in 1826. Provenance: With the signature of James Hope, 31 Moray Place, [Edinburgh], to front paste-down of vol. I & IV, library press-mark to each volume.