A History of Devonshire with Sketches of Its Leading Worthies by WORTH, R. N - 1886

(London): Elliot Stock, 1886. First Edit. Half-Leather. Near Fine.. 8vo. Two volumes. x; 347; (i) pages. Bound at the rear is an additional eighteenth century twenty-nine page " Travelling Index of the Great Roads in Devonshire." GRANGERISED COPY with the addition of 122 prints, maps, aquatints, sketches etc. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards just slightly rubbed. A fine example of an extra-illustrated book. In 1796 James Granger published a "Biographical History of England" with blank leaves for the addition of portraits, etc to be illustrated by the purchaser, hence grangerising. Books thus illustrated are often found in sumptuous bindings, filled with neatly inserted extra illustrations bound in. A FINE EXAMPLE