First edition. Bindings in half Empire green shagreen, spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings. Autograph inscription signed on the first volume as a gift. Ex-donos in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title pages, some light foxing. Work illustrated with a portrait of Pierre de Pelleport as frontispiece to the first volume, 14 special maps, 2 facsimiles, 1 folding plan.