New edition with some parts in first edition. Half red shagreen binding, spine with five thin raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards with some scuffing, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Work illustrated with numerous in-text drawings by Henry Monnier engraved on wood. Provenance: from Château Laffite with bookplate pasted on pastedown and enhanced with manuscript notes specifying its location in the library.