New edition, illustrated with 9 lovely hand-colored sepia lithographs hors-texte. Publisher's polychrome dark blue boards. Large decorative plate on the upper cover in red, gold, blue and cream. Smooth spine decorated with two polychrome plates. A polychrome central medallion stamped on the lower cover. Spine lightened. A pale dampstain in the upper margin; some scattered foxing on well-white paper. Handsome copy.
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