First edition. 16 heliotype plates with tissue guards, one folding coloured map and numerous in-text illustrations, many after drawings by M.E. van Muyden. Folio. Leather-backed burgundy cloth with gilt spine, a.e.g. Some rubbing, especially to extremities, internally in excellent condition. Small bookplate to upper pastedown. xii, 463pp. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., 1885.