First edition, octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, portrait of the dedicatee, and 60 full page text etchings by Schoonebeck, a student of Romeyn de Hooghe; bound in attractive 19th century polished tree calf, with extensive gilt decoration to spine and boards, aeg.; ex libris Musaeo Van der Helle with bookplate; pink paste paper endleaves; front joint cracked, board still attached; printed on substantial paper, contents very good; 6 1/2 x 4 in.
