`56pp, with 560 illustrations, of which 18 are in colour. Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped lettering front and spine. Folio. Cloth a little rubbed at edges; the dust wrapper has at some been compressed onto the boards, leaving some paper reside around fore and upper edges. Some spotting on endpapers, with manuscript date inscribed on the front paste down else internally neat and clean. Firmly bound. In its original dust wrapper, shelf worn and bumped at edges, rubbed on corners and spine ends and the odd short closed tear from edges.
