Acceptable, antique hardcover book with pictorial covers and marbled page edges; the book is clean and square showing heavy wear to most areas including significantage-toned pages, loosened/shaken binding which has begun to tear in the end page gutters (see pictures), and light foxing throughout but otherwise showing only light additional wear for age; boards show heavy shelf, edge, and corner wear especially fading to the pictorial board text and images as well as heavy bumping and ru...bbing to the spine ends and board edges (see all pictures) but overallbook remains in acceptable, antique, condition; 772 pages; with approximately an additional 100 pages of appendices; published 1884.
This listing is presented by Second Time Books, a real “bricks and mortar” bookstore located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey!