2 volumes, 8vo (221 x 137 mm). "To the Reader" slip tipped in at first text leaf; 40 engraved plates after Marcus Stone; 3 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end, including 4-page catalogue dated November 1865. Original reddish-brown cloth, decorated in blind on covers, gilt-lettered on spines (rebacked preserving original spine, bookplates removed from paste-downs, slight chipping to lower joint vol. I); cloth slipcase. 

 

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with the very scarce "To the Reader" slip concerning the meaning of the title (lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume as often, but including the alternate advertisements as described above). Gimbel A150; Smith I:15.

 

Property of an Illinois collector