Lot 2457 , The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Library Edition, thirteen volumes, together with Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, London, 1889, three volumes, uniformly bound in gilt-decorated clo

° The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Library Edition, thirteen volumes, together with Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, London, 1889, three volumes, uniformly bound in gilt-decorated cloth. (16) The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Library Edition, thirteen volumes, a comprehensive reference work covering history, geography, science, literature, biography and the arts, with numerous illustrations and other reference material.

Together with Browning (Robert), The Ring and the Book, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889, three volumes, uniformly bound in publisher's brown cloth, with gilt-lettered spines and decorative gilt motifs. A Victorian edition of Browning's celebrated narrative poem, based upon a seventeenth-century Italian murder trial and presented through a series of contrasting dramatic monologues.
£40-60

Condition:
Mixed condition, with general age-related wear. Bindings variously rubbed, scuffed and faded, with wear to corners, joints and spine extremities. The Browning volumes with fraying and small losses to cloth at spine ends, some rubbing to gilt decoration and minor surface marks. Occasional spotting, foxing and age-related discolouration to pages and endpapers.

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