xxxvi, 510pp, with facsimile reproductions of the engravings which appeared in the original edition of 1684/5, including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Brown endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners & spine ends, short breaks in cloth at spine head. Hinges cracked. Internally a hint of page toning and some faint and occasional spotting. Bookplate of Edward W Bodman on the front paste down, designed by Arthur Nelson MacDonald. Fore edges of free endpapers a little chipped.
Edward W Bodman is likely Dr Edward Bodman of San Marino, California, a prominent book and art collector in the early years of the 20th century part of who's collection is now at the Huntington Library
