1878. No edition stated. 485 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound black leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and compartments to spine. Book is written in French. Pages have deckled edges. Marbled endpapers. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Pages are water stained and warped in places, but the text is unaffected. Some minor tears to some pages. Slight cracking to hinges. Boards have heavy edge wear, with intense bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are very crushed and frayed. Joints worn too. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. One small paint spot to front.