Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates with tissue guards, black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; later qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt between gilt decorated raised bands, dark green cloth boards, faintly scuffed; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers and binder's blanks, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a couple of short edge splits, scattered foxing and occasional slight soiling; Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London, n.d.[1878?]. First edition? *In 1888 the company name was changed to Cassell & Company, Limited, following Galpin's retirement and Petter's death.. Item #149776