Translated from the German.
Second edition. Eight tinted engravings (including supplementary title page with vignette). 16mo. Original elaborately blind-embossed brown cloth, with gilt spine decoration. Small chip to front joint. Front endpaper cracked at joint. Small mark on upper board. Light stain to lower part of preliminary pages. Spine and corners a little rubbed. Very good otherwise. 353pp. London, Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853.
Former owner’s signature of Mary Jane Lewis, dated 1860, to ffep.