Pp. x, 336, 8 full page tinted plates; vii, 336, 8 full page tinted plates, vii, 336, 8 full page tinted plates, vii, 336, 8 full page tinted plates. Publisher’s elaborately bind-stamped green cloth, decorated in gilt and in black, spine with gilt panels, all page edged tinted black, chocolate brown endpapers, lg 8vo. The text also contains biographical sketches and literary notices. The 32 fine tinted plates are portraits of the poets, orators and prose writers featured in this work. The publisher’s decorated binding on this work is quite attractive.