Published by E. Plon, Paris, 1878, 1st edition. Original red leather spine with red cloth boards. Four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering to compartment two, gilt decoration to other compartments. Aeg. 11ins x 8.25ins, marbled endpapers, [iv], 659pp including frontis and 94pp plates. Hundreds more line drawn illustrations within the text. Text in French. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Corners rubbed else VG. Heavy book (2.2kg pre-packing) overseas customers should request postal quote.