4 volumes (3 volumes text, and atlas), 8vo (215 x 140mm.) and folio (597 x 445mm.), text: half-titles, one folding chromolithographed frontispiece, one woodcut plate and 50 lithographed plates (46 folding, mostly maps, plans and profiles), illustrations in text, atlas: 11 mounted chromolithographed plates, text bound in contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, atlas in modern half morocco to match, some spotting and browning to text, atlas lacking title-page (as often?) and text, the plates mounted on new card, last plate repaired at head and foot and with restoration at foot
4 volumes (3 volumes text, and atlas), 8vo (215 x 140mm.) and folio (597 x 445mm.), text: half-titles, one folding chromolithographed frontispiece, one woodcut plate and 50 lithographed plates (46 folding, mostly maps, plans and profiles), illustrations in text, atlas: 11 mounted chromolithographed plates, text bound in contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, atlas in modern half morocco to match, some spotting and browning to text, atlas lacking title-page (as often?) and text, the plates mounted on new card, last plate repaired at head and foot and with restoration at foot
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