Text in French. 400pp, handful of black and white engraved plates, numerous in-text engraved illustrations. Decorative red cloth-covered boards; black and gilt design on front, black design on rear, gilt design and titles on spine; all text block edges gilt; grey. 4to. Mottled spine, faded top rear corner, boards curling, top front corner of board broken, 4cm tear in cloth at spine head and front joint. Endpapers mottling, page margins tanning, pages ageing, some light foxing throughout. Gutters strained, volume quite loose.
