État Général de la Marine et des Colonies, au 1er Janvier 1840 fiji with his ownership signature at

with his ownership signature at head of titlepage

contemporary novelist George Gissing felt that it displayed "incomprehensible weakness of story"

14 colour plates (by Dulac

Mario Sorrenti

rubbed at extremities

État Général de la Marine et des Colonies, au 1er Janvier 1840 fiji with his ownership signature atParis: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1840. Finely bound in polished crimson morocco with elaborate coronet and wreath decoration to front and back, gilt spine with decoration and title lettering. All edges coated in gold leaf. Pale blue, watered silk endpapers, 8vo. pp v + 258. Tiny surface chip at the cap of the spine with some minimal loss to the gilt tooling. With the crowned monogram of the Duc de Nemours, better known as Louis d'Orleans (second son of