A particularly nice copy in contemporary half leather with marbled sides and the large coloured folding map in excellent condition 8vo.vi(2)147pps+Eight steel engraved plates and numerous wood engravings throughout the text. [The engraved plates are all quite heavily foxed - though present - the preface states that the work is issued with or without plates ] Armorial Bookplate of R.P.L. Booker (Eton Housemaster and Historian) to paste down and book binders ticket of Hunt & Sons Birmingham.