1857. No edition remarks. 500 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with blind stamping and gilt. Publisher's catalog at rear. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Top edge of text block is dust marked.