New edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Ambroise Tardieu. Half red calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt tools and fleurons and blind fillets, gilt fillets highlighting the raised bands, gilt dentelle and fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers, all edges marbled. Spine lightly faded, headcaps lightly rubbed, occasional foxing.