Condition: Good. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (27cm by 19cm), xxvii, 501pp. 21 plates (huit portraits graves sur acier d'apres les dessins d'Aug Sandoz, neuf gavures sur bois, trois fac-simile d'ecriture et une planche d'armories, tiree en couleurs). Original red morocco spine, red cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine, all edges gilt. Rubbing to the edges of the binding, foxing to the endpapers and the tissues protecting the plates. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.
Published by Librairie Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1881
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Seconde edition. (xxviii),500,(2) Pp. Frontis, 19 full page engravings (1 colour) Front hinge has been expertly repaired, and the edges are worn and darkened, intereor has some light foxing, condition good to very good Elaborate full red calf prize bindong with gilt borders and bands with gilt compartments to spine and marbled end-papers.