xii, 324pp, 16pp publisher's catalogue; 77 black and white in text illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards, two colour design on front and spine, blind-embossed design on rear, gilt titles on front and spine; fore and bottom text block edge untrimmed. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, spine ends rubbed, cloth wearing; small closed tear in middle of front hinge, corners rounded, cloth wearing. Text block edges starting to tan, page margins tanning; some fore edges unit. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise, internally neat and clean Translated by Frederick E. Fenton. Edited by John C.L. Sparkes.
