Hardbound 4:o in a morocco backed contemporary binding. Spine gilt decorated and boards blind decorated. All edges gilt. Slight wear to extremities and slightly faded boards. Luxeury edition with 27 tissue guarded full page steel engravings and hundreds of illustrations in the text. Occasional weak spots in a few margins, mostly a clean copy. (IV), 414 p. , (I) + 27 steel engraved plates.