xx, 996pp, 8pp publisher's ads, 3500 black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt design on front, gilt titles on front and spine. Top text block edge sprayed gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, purple endpapers. 4to. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth fraying; fore and bottom text block edges tanning and foxing. Bookplate on front free endpapers. Hinges cracked and stretched, volume quite loose, scribble and date penned on title page, pages starting to age otherwise internally neat and clean.
