First Edition. Bound in full green contemporary calf by Hodge Binder Exeter, with gilt lines to boards, raised bands on spine, gilt title and gilt decorations in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, light foxing throughout, Frontis bears 2 engravings of Gentlemen riding in a sedan with a servant on foot and Mandarin saving the sun when eclipsed. 150 illus, 633pp.