396 pages. No dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Gold text block trim. Contains illustrated plates. Mostly clean pages with light tanning and foxing to endpapers and page edges. Cracked hinge and guttering with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Former owner's name and pencil marginalia on front endpaper. Grey rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Some minor dog-eared corners. Occasional finger marking throughout. Moderate tannin along spine and board edges. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing and chipping to spine ends. Bumps to scuffed corners. Boards are noticeably bowed. Split to spine end. Water drops on front board and marks to reverse.