Hardcover in Very Good condition, 24 mo, pages: viii,419. Blue cloth with spine titles and decoration in gold, front and back boards embossed with elaborate borders, all edges gilt, brown-coated end-papers, frontis portrait, decorative head-pieces and chapter initials. First edition. Light wear to spine ends and tips, prior owner names on fly leaf. Bookseller accession no.: 23142. Taylor, 1825-1878, was a Pennsylvania-born poet, author, travel writer, and critic. (Bound similarly to my Anna Jameson 2-vol set)