Description:
Leipzig: Verlag von J.J. Weber, 1892. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 5"), XIV, 291, & [1] pages plus two double page plates, with 71 illustrations in text. Publisher's very elaborate brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt & black. Text in German, edges of the text block stained red.Light edge wear & rubbing, brief archival tissue reinforcement at the verso of the first folding plate, previous owner's name, place, & date in ink at the front free endpaper, otherwise very good.
An exhaustive & profusely illustrated treatise & a superb example of a late 19th century pictorial cloth binding.
