The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Embellished with Engravings. 18 volumes bound as 25

Printed by Thomas Maiden, for Vernor and Hood [and 6 others], London, 1801 - 1816. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj's. 18 volumes bound as 25. Good to Very good condition. Bound in original full brown leather w/ marbled endpapers & edges; each volume rebacked w/ matching plain brown quarter cloth at spine, black spine label. Prev. owner name, tasteful bookplate in each volume. All volumes show mild foxing w/ the occasional plate more heavily foxed; small prev. owner notation of pages of interest written on front or rear flyleaf of a few volumes; contents otherwise clean, no internal markings, no brittleness to pages. Bindings & hinges firm except where noted; gilt Volume numbers at lower spines fading but legible. Added engraved title page in each volume, along with bibliographical list and/or index in rear. Vol. 1, 400 pp., frontis. + 20 full-page engraved plates: front hinge cracked w/ first sewn group of pages loosening but attached, no loosening to front board itself. Vol. 2, 524 pp., 23 plates. Vol. 3, 552 pp., 31 plates. Vol. 4, 560 pp., 32 plates. Vol. 5, 736 pp., 37 plates: binding well-cracked in two spots, with appx. 1/2-inch section of text-block loosening but attached. Vol. 6, 599 pp., frontis. + 16 plates. Vol. 7, 612 pp., 22 plates: binding cracked in 1 spot with 5 pages loosening but attached. Vol. 8, pp. 612 -1366 (continuing Vol. 7), frontis. + 6 plates: binding well-cracked in 2 spots, no loosening of pages. Vol. 9, 808 pp., 25 plates. Vol. 10 (5 volumes): Part 1, 680 pp., 1 plate; Part 2, 803 pp., 22 plates: binding cracked in 1 spot, no loosening of pages; Part 3a, 756 pp., 31 plates; Part 3b, 752 pp., 42 plates, binding cracked/split at center of volume w/ 7 pages loose, laid in; Part 4, 758 pp., 51 plates: rear hinge cracked at Index, no loosening of pgs. Vol. 11: 183 + 383 + 239 pp., 37 plates: binding cracked in 1 spot, no loose pages. Vol. 12 (2 volumes): Part 1, 247 + 411 pp., 20 plates; Part 2, 543 + 156 pp., 24 plates. Vol. 13 (2 volumes): Part 1, 711 pp., 31 plates, title page loosening but attached, binding cracked at 1 spot, no loose pages; Part 2, pp. 714-1201, 14 plates. Vol. 14, 413 + 292 + 208 pp., 35 plates, binding cracked one spot, no loose pgs. Vol. 15 (2 volumes), Part 1, 718 + 245 pp., 24 plates; Part 2, 322 + 407 pp., 29 plates. Vol. 16, 938 pp., 26 plates, front hinge split, binding cracked at 1 spot, w/ 5 pages loosening. Vol. 17, 959 pp., 26 plates. Vol. 18, 917 pp., 31 pp.; half-dozen pages loosening but attached.