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Publisher’s binding in full old red Russia leather. Smooth spine richly decorated, with two compartments in grotesque style (stars) and two others featuring a central bee within a dotted lozenge. Surrounding the title, four bees. Two successive border friezes on the covers. Gilt edges. Headcaps rubbed with a 1 cm split. One gathering slightly protruding. Wormhole on page 668, then a 2 cm gallery from page 751 to 803, with some letter loss but no impediment to reading. Paper remarkably fresh.
A handsome copy.