Published by J.M. Dent, London, 1906, 1st edition. Cream coloured boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board and art nouveau style decoration of flowers in red, green and orange to spine and front cover. No dustwrapper. Teg. 10.5ins x 8.5ins, xiii, [iii], 258pp plus tissue guarded colour frontis and 47 other colour plates. Illustrations by H. L. Richardson. Fairly scarce in first edition state. Light foxing to endpapers. Prize certificate (for French) from the London Chamber of Commerce to the front pastedown. Minor bumping to bottom front corner else VG.