1899. No Edition Stated. 861 pages. No dust jacket. Brown patterned paper covered boards with leather to spine. Written in French. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is slightly shaky, due to cracking of front hinge, but all pages remain attached. Rough-cut edges. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine is severely rubbed, with visible crushing and splitting to ends. Leather to top end is peeling away and exposing pages beneath. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall. Noticeable small green marks to rear.