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London: Chapman and Hall, 1838. MISSING THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK. xiv, [2], 306 pages [ONLY, of 609 pages], plus frontispiece and 23 full-page plates [ONLY, of 43 illustrations]. Also lacking the engraved title page. Bound with the half-title. Modern full flame calf with gilt-lettered leather spine labels; decorative printed endpapers. Binder's ticket on front pastedown reads: "G. Horner, Encuadernacion. Gomez de la Cortina 34. Eric. 15 - 21 - 17. Tacubaya, D.F." Binding is fine; book block is good, but with heavy browning to the frontispiece and uneven browning and foxing to the other plates; old gift inscription on the black verso of the frontispiece. First edition, later issue. A woefully incomplete copy, offered primarily in respect of the attractive mid-20th-century Mexican binding. Smith I, 3. Eckel, pp. 56-57.