74307 London, Chapman and Hall, 1882 [first English edition]. Large octavo, xxiv, [ii, errata, verso blank], 621 pages with 144 'engravings in the text' plus 43 full-page plates with captioned tissue-guards. These plates include 18 mounted Woodburytypes (generally 130 x 180 mm or larger, including a 120 x 285 mm panorama). Quarter leather and cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; corners bumped, with the bottom two slightly worn; spine a little sunned and slightly rubbed; two openings strengthened with now-discoloured clear tape (with associated discolouration to the inner margins of the other side of each leaf); occasional chips to some of the uncut edges; a very good copy. $250.00AUD
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