Four volumes, consisting of: Costumes of Different Nations. 96pp + 47 copper engraved plates. 1814 edition; London in Miniature. 96pp + 47 copper engraved plates. First edition, 1814; Pictures of English History. Two volumes each containing 96pp + 48 copper engraved plates. 1811 edition. Lawrence Darton records an eight-volume set in a larger bookcase-style box that Darton published in 1812, from which this smaller set appears to be derived - though the titles in each set differ, and Darton makes no reference to it in his bibliography. Rare: we can locate only one institutional holding for this smaller set, which appears to date from around 1818 and has only one title in common with the present example. Contemporary owner's dated ink inscription on front endpaper verso, a touch of wear here and there, otherwise an extraordinarily preserved set housed in publisher's pine box lined with pink paper, and with color title label on sliding lid. (cf. Darton G647[2]; G648[1]; G649; and G652[2])