Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1855, in-8°, 16,5 x 10,5 cm, 799 pp , double page frontispiece and 7 plates h.t. (of which one folding and three double page). Bound in contemporary half roan, smooth spine with gilt title and decoration, marbled boards. Some foxing and browning at some pages, heavier in the middle of the book, still a good copy, a first edition. Text in French. Livre en français.