[iii]-xvi, [16], 354, [1] pp. Illustrated with 32 steel-engraved plates on mounted India proof paper, including the frontispiece and added title-page; tissue guards. (4to) 10½x6¾, 19th century full red morocco ruled in gilt, spine elaborately tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

Noteworthy as the first book to be illustrated with steel engravings, this is a large paper copy with the plates on India proof paper. The fine, detailed engravings are by W. Bond, J. Scott, J. Byrne, J. Landseer, W. Skelton and others from drawings and paintings by W.H. Pyne, R. Cooper, D. Wilkie, J. Stothard, W. Nash, G. Jones, et al.