4 volumes. vi, [2], vi, viii, 103, [1] blank, xx, [4], 296; [vi], 333; xii, 311; [viii], 368 pp. Engraved portrait and 68 plates by John Vanderbank. (4to) 10¾x9, later half calf and marbled boards, spines decorated in blind, morocco title labels.

This, the "Tonson Edition", was published by Lord Carteret for Queen Caroline. Sales were never expected to off-set production costs and expenses were underwritten by the Countess Montijo, wife of the Spanish ambassador to the Court of St. James. Each volume with the bookplate of Capt. J.O'Brien, R.N.