Text in French. 1,760pp, [16]pp publisher's ads, plus some black and white plates. Brown cloth-covered boards, illustration on front and spine, red titles on front and spine, gilded school emblem on rear. Decorated endpapers. 8vo. . Sun-faded spine, rubbed and bumped corner and spine ends; cloth fraying. Volume shaken. Top text block edge dusty; all edges tanned, affecting page margins. Front free endpaper loosely laid-in, has gift presentation plate else internally neat, clean and tight.