Description
FIRST EDITION 8vo, pp. viii, [3]-345, [5, ads] + frontispiece and 4 plates, one of which folding. Further illustrations included within pagination. Original purple cloth, boards blocked with a blind frame, front board lettered direct in gilt, spine blocked in blind and lettered direct in gilt. Some spotting, a little toning, contents-leaf chipped, small edge tear. Sometime recased, endpapers renewed, spine sunned, spine-ends bumped and nicked, small tear to cloth at foot of front joint. Inscription to verso of frontispiece thoroughly struck-through.
