1725. Nouvelle Edition. 498 pages. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt to spine. Tome Cinquieme. French text. Includes 12 black and white illustrated plates. Marbled endpapers. Ex libris plate to front pastedown. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Many page corners folded towards front. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters. Binding loose. Centre section of textblock detached from rest of book. Occasional slight insect damage but remains legible. Varying levels of tanning to different sections. Slight dirt marks. Boards have very heavy shelf wear with bumping and rubbing to corners and board edges and heavy marks and staining to surfaces. Spine heavily worn and deteriorating with top section missing. Gilt very much dulled and rubbed. Slight surface insect damage.