The University Library of Autobiography, 15 volumes, limited edition, full leather

(Cincinnati): National Alumni, 1918. Hardcover. Fine. No. 564 of 1007 sets, of the Members Edition. 15 volumes, complete, 9.5 x 6.75 inches, full black leather elaborately stamped in gilt on front covers and spines. Fine set, seems unread, occasional light mottling and rubbing to upper gilt of text block and occasional soil or foxing to the deckled fore-edges of the pages, but really a lovely set and even though the bindings are "machine made" rather than hand-bound, they are exemplars of their kind. V. 1. Autobiography in the ancient world (B.C. 3800-A.D. 430).--v. 2. The middle ages and their autobiographies (A.D. 1000-1500).--v. 3. The beginnings of the modern world (A.D. 1500-1550).--v. 4. Autobiography during the religious wars (1550-1630).--v. 5. Autobiographies of the seventeenth century (1630-1690).--v. 6. Autobiography in the early eighteenth century (1690-1750).--v. 7. Autobiography in the days of Frederick the Great (1730-1770).--v. 8. Autobiographers of the close of the Ancient Regime (1740-1780).--v. 9. Autobiography at the opening of the Revolutionary Age (1750-1790).--v. 10. Autobiographers of the later Revolutionary days (1770-1804).--v. 11. Autobiography in the age of Napoleon (1780-1820).--v. 12. Autobiographers of the reactionary age (1790-1840).--v. 13. Autobiography in the middle of the nineteenth century (1820-1870).--v. 14. Autobiography in the Victorian Age (1830-1890).--v. 15. Recent great autobiographies (1860-1914).