Excellent margins (>110mm at the lower edge) and fine thick wove paper (papier vélin). Moderate rubbing generally, with small patches of wear. On the edges of the board, a dashed roll gilt. Explanation of the extra-illustration gilt to the fourth panel. Author and title gilt to the second panel. On the spine, four red sheep inlays making seven primary panels. Bound in contemporary green calf with gilt borders. With 26 engraved plates: an etched-engraved frontispiece (after Rigaud) in 2 states: hand-colored (mounted) and uncolored and 8 plates in 3 states: etched-engraved without quotations from the text, engraved without quotations or makers' signatures (mounted) and hand-colored (mounted, with a tissue-guard laid in). Paris: Didot le jeune for Saugrain, 1795. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO PROOF-STATES FOR EACH PLATE.
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