EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. – John NICHOLS. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; Comprising… Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists. London: for the Author, 1812-1815. 9 vols., 8vo (212 x125mm.) Numerous engraved portraits, including ‘Jacob Butler Esq. of Barnwell’ after Rembrandt, [1815], and extra-illustrated with engraved portraits and views, some folding. (Toning, occasional light spotting.) Near contemporary full diced morocco, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spines (spine sunned, extremities rubbed, scuffing). – And a further six volumes (John Nichols’ ‘Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century’, 1817-1831, 6 vols. [of 8], 8vo) (15).