4to. Publisher’s original decoratively gilt-stamped and gilt-titled dark green ribbed cloth by Remnant & Edmond of London, yellow glazed endpapers, expertly re-cased retaining the original binding; xx, 219, [1]pp., 1 hand-coloured lithographed map, 37 engraved plates, including the frontispiece, irregularly numbered to 66, as the plate count includes thirty unnumbered engraved head-pieces, 143 woodcut illustrations within the text; old small ink blot to the title-page, very occasional light spotting to the margin, the plates clean and bright.

First edition.

Stock number: 1174