Hardbound 8vo in a contemporary brown half leather binding with snake skin boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt ornamented. Marbled edges. Spine uniformly faded, else fine condition. Front wrapper bound in. Four pages in the beginning with a small number of weak spots below, else clean and crisp copy. With tissue guarded engraved first chapter pages and engraved vignettes. A nice book printed on better paper; "tirage a petit nombre" (printed in few copies) without mention how many. XXX, (IV), 243 p., (III).