1861. New edition. 984 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound blue leather with blue cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Black and white illustration plates. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Slight thumb marking in places. Pencil square drawn on a front endpaper. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces marked and stained.