Large 4:o in a near contemporary, red half morocco binding. Spine with five raised binds, all compartments decorated in gilt. Marbled, gilt lined boards. Top edge gilt. Minimal signs of use. Bound by the Swedish master bookbinder Gustaf Hedberg. The beautiful decorated wrappers bound in. Exlibris inside front board. Illustrated with 55 tissue guarded plates + 2 in color icluding the portrait of Madame de Pompadour. Frontispiece, (IV), 402 p. + plates.