1857. No Edition Remarks. 368 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound black leather with black cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates, some are fold out elements. Volume 1. Binding loose. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Previous owner's inscription to one of front free endpapers. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Boards are detached. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. Spine material peeling.