Hugues KRAFFT

First edition, illustrated with 265 engravings (including 70 heliogravure plates on thick paper with captioned tissue guards), after the author's own photographs, and including a folding color map at the end of the volume.

Contemporary binding in half tawny morocco with marbled boards, spine with five raised bands framed by black fillets, red morocco title label, some rubbing to spine and headcap, gilt double fillet and garland borders on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.

Scattered light foxing, mostly at the beginning of the volume.

First edition, with 265 engravings, of which 75 photographic reproductions hors texte in heliogravure and under captioned silk-paper guards.
Publisher’s half purple shagreen, the spine (sunned) with two gilt-tooled arabesques, title label in yellow shagreen, blindruled fillet frame to light brown shagreen boards, three gilt arabesques to boards (three light scratches without significance), moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, parchment-paper covers with arabesque motifs matching boards preserved, top edge gilt.
A good copy with almost no foxing, retaining its folding map at end.