Published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones, London, 1820, 1st edition. Later half leather binding with marbled boards. Gilt lettering on red leather patch to spine. Gilt horizontal lines and gilt decoration to spine. Teg. 8ins x 6ins, xv, (i), 340pp plus frontis and 8 tissue guarded plates. Also many illustrations within the text. Bookplate to verso of frontis. Frontis quite foxed to the margins. Small oval stamp to base of title page. Occasional light foxing. New endpapers. G+ nr VG contents in VG binding.