8vo. Bound in 3 fine uniform polished full calf. 5 raised bands. Richly gilt compartments, titlelabels in red and green. All edges gilt, gilt line-borders on covers, inner gilt borders (Bound by Riviere & Sons). 2 hinges slightly weakening, but not loose. Very slight wear to top of spines. Internally fine and clean with occassinally very faint offsettings from plates. With all 3 leaves of directions to Binder. With all 78 handcoloured aquatint plates (including 3 frontispieces), 2 handcoloured titles. Last ""cul-de-lampe"" also handcoloured. In the text woodengravings.
A fine set of all three Tours with the famous plates after the drawings by T. Rawlandson. - Tooley 427-29.