First edition. 462pp, fold-out plate, 22 woodcut illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine label; brown endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, mottled. Significant wear to boards, small loss top of rear. Corners rounded, cloth worn through. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges tanned; affecting page margins. Spine label and endpapers appear to have been replaced. Blind stamp of the Royal Institution of Great Britain on title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
