Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1873|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
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⬨ 75824
First edition illustrated with 10 chromolithographic plates and 137 in-text and insert wood engravings in black and white based on Ronjat's drawings. Contemporary binding in half red sheep, spine decorated with gilt blind tooling, title in gold, paste paper boards, caillouté marbled endpapers, spine very skillfully restored. Scattered foxing, more pronounced in places. Rare handwritten presentation signed by Jules Gouffé on the half-title page : “The author to his friend V. Sacré. Jules Gouffé."