Details: xvi, 344 p. 16 cm. Frontispiece and 11 other engraved plates. Leather. All edges gilt. Bumped corners, chipped spine ends, general wear to extremities. Hinges cracking internally. Ink inscription on front endpaper "To Mary Pilditch from her Father affectionately April 1848." Front endpapers loosening. A few signatures jutting out a bit. Occasional ink marks and spots.