24 vols. Illus. with gravure plates from paintings, photographs, paintings, etc., each printed in two states, the frontispieces with one of the states in color; printed tissue guards. 8½x5½, ¾ gilt-ruled green levant morocco & cloth, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, t.e.g.; bound by Stikeman. No. 555 of 1000 sets, printed on Japanese vellum paper.

Lovely set of these memoirs, the gossip of Europe over four centuries, with illustrations in two states (one on mounted India paper), and in fine morocco bindings.