Beschreibung:

FIRST EDITION, Chancery folio (273 x 170mm..), 264 leaves, [a4 b10+1 c–n10 o8+1 p–z A10 B8 C10 D10+2], roman type, 38 lines, 2- to 6-line initials supplied in red, some with marginal flourishes, red paragraph-marks and initial-strokes, woodcut diagrams including "T-O" map, eighteenth-century French marbled calf, double gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, foredge cut close, some staining and fraying and worming to foredge (resulting in a few crude repairs, some touching text), leaves with large woodcuts with edges folded in, trimmed at edges and repaired with some sections in facsimile, a few small wormholes at end, last 5 leaves damaged and repaired (some laid down) with some text supplied in manuscript facsimile, later front pastedown of diced calf, later (browned) endpapers at front of volume, binding slightly rubbed