Description
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, large 8vo, pp. xviii, [ii], 432 + engraved frontispiece and 19 plates, one further folding colour plate and 5 maps (1 in colour) in pocket to rear. Near contemporary half blue morocco, blue cloth, spine divided by raised bands with gilt rolls, lettered in gilt, other compartments with central gilt tool, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A little spotting, top corner of blank flyleaf cut away. Binding slightly rubbed to extremities, a few faint marks to boards.
