Published by William Pickering, London, 1843, 1st edition. Tan coloured cloth boards with later colour matched replacement spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Embossed decoration to front and rear boards. 10ins x 7ins, viii, 570pp plus 9 plates (1 double page, 2 folding). Also 29 illustrations within the text. New endpapers. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. Bottom corners bumped, otherwise VG.