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First edition.
Half sheep binding with smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind romantic arabesques and quadruple gilt fillets, gilt frieze at foot, minor rubbing to spine without damage, marbled paper boards with slight paper loss at head of front board, lower corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 4 hors-texte engravings and 9 folding plates of needlework patterns.
Pages 226-227 detached, pages 158 to 160 with marginal restoration at foot, pale dampstain affecting first leaves, some foxing.

First edition.
Contemporary half sheep binding in dark green, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind romantic arabesques and quadruple gilt fillets, gilt frieze at foot, minor harmless rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards with slight paper loss at head of front board, lower corners lightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 6 hors-texte engravings as well as 10 folding plates of ladies' needlework patterns.
Dampstaining affecting the entire text block, some foxing.

First edition.
Contemporary half sheep binding in dark green, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind romantic arabesques and quadruple gilt fillets, gilt frieze at foot, minor harmless rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards with slight paper loss at head of front board, lower corners lightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 3 hors-texte engravings including 1 double music plate as well as 9 folding plates of ladies' needlework patterns.
Dampstaining affecting nearly the entire text block, some foxing.