[Grolier Club]:

$50 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN FIRST EDITIONS SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH PROSE FICTION FROM 1485 TO 1870. Large paper reissue - with additional illustrations - of the companion catalogue to the Grolier Club's exhibition "Books Illustrative of the History of the English Novel," which ran from April 12 to May 5, 1917. This is one of 250 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on French handmade paper in June 1917. With thirty-two plates featuring titlepage facsimiles. Laid into this copy is a three-page prospectus for the exhibit.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.