1874. No Edition Remarks. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are notably thumb-marked, with moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Page 128 plate is almost detached. Moderate cracking to hinges and gutters with exposed netting. Pages 119-126 are fairly loose, creased and torn. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Former owner's inscription to paste-down and reverse of frontispiece, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Plates are lightly tanned, foxed and thumb-marked. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a mild forward lean. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Liquid drops on front board.