Paris: A. Gaudin, 1859. Third edition. 8vo., 600 pp., 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1chromolithograph, 5 photolithographs. Quarter morocco, marbled paper over boards, gilt on spine largely rubbed away. Some expert conservation to upper spine, slight wear at tips, modern dealer stamp on half-title, top blank corner of..... More

Paris: G. Masson, 1884. Seventh edition. 8vo., 431 pp., over 100 b&w wood engravings, carbon print on card stock. Contemporary binding, quarter morocco, marbled paper over boards, edges rubbed, scuff at the top of the spine. Lacking two leaves of plates. Very good. Revised and enlarged from previous editions with..... More

Paris: Georges Masson, 1873. Sixth edition. 8vo., xvi, [5]-400 pp., 280 wood engravings, 3 leaves of mounted photographic plates. Contemporary binding of quarter red calf, marbled paper over boards; tips and edges rubbed. Light foxing on the first few leaves. A very good copy. Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834-1882)..... More

London: Virtue Brothers, 1863. First English language edition. 12mo., 137 pp., 4, 7, over 100 b&w wood engravings. Publisher's cloth over flexible boards, blind and embossed with printed label affixed to front. Recased with a new spine, endpapers and spine label. Kodak Research Library stamp on title page and Camera..... More

Paris: Leiber Éditeur, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 212 pp., illustrated. New facsimile paper wrappers. Staining and toning to several leaves,with some tips mildly chipped with no loss of text. A good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell box with a facsimile of the title page affixed to the upper..... More