Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1842, 2nd edition. Half leather binding with marbled boards. Title in gilt on red leather patch. Gilt shield shaped emblem on cloth pasted to front cover. 7.75ins x 5.5ins, xv, (i), 559pp plus frontis plate and 5pp plates (one double sided). Title page includes an engraved vignette illustration. Previous owners signature to first blank page. Some heavy browning / foxing - first and last few pages probably worst affected. One inch split between spine and rear cover. G+