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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4333814, member: 8267&quot;]It is always helpful to post photos of the title page and copyright page (usually on the reverse of the title page) when asking about books, so we can see the publisher and date of publication. Is there anything that indicates there were originally more than 3 volumes, or is the set complete?</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to be significant enough that a 3 volume reprint was issued in 1978 by Garland Publishing (ISBN 978-0824022396), which is now scarce, as is the original 1888 publication. The original seems to have been published as a 6 volume set. But publishers sometimes reissued sets in a different format, combining/reducing the number of volumes. A complete set would have more potential value than individual volumes.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=cook&amp;bi=0+h&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;n=100121503&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=art+artists+our+times&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-fe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=cook&amp;bi=0+h&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;n=100121503&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=art+artists+our+times&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-fe" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=cook&amp;bi=0+h&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;n=100121503&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;tn=art+artists+our+times&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-fe</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am generally against &quot;breaking&quot; books. From what I can see in your photos, the bindings seem to be structurally sound - the volumes would just need to be re-backed (replacing the exterior spine). You may want to consider the potential value of restored volumes, vs the potential value of the individual engravings. Do you have a market for them? You might consider looking at ebay to see the usual prices brought by 19th century steel engravings, and see if it is worth the effort (and destruction).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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