London: Edward Arnold, 1897. thick 8vo. Publishers maroon cloth with gilt decorations and bevelled edges, top edge gilt. 636 pages. Translated By Lieut.-Col. F. R. Fifth edition. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout by R. Talbot Kelly. Folding map at the end. The spine is lightly marked and edges very lightly rubbed, else really lovely clean, crisp copy. Unusual in this condition and with an interesting ownership. Provenance: with the bookplate of Laurence W. Hodson (1864-1933) at.....
London: George Bell & Sons, 1895. 8vo. original publisher's decorated cloth in blue and green over tan cloth, gilt on front board and spine. x, 358 pages. First edition, of which this copy is bound in the original publisher's decorated cloth. (Fuller p.69). Very light age-darkening to the edges of the binding and spine. Light shelfwear at extreminities, particularily to spine ends. Very scarce in this binding variant. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of bookplates in.....