viii, 696 pp. Illustrated with author portrait frontispiece by Field Talfourd. (8vo) 19.6x13.5 (7¾x5¼"), finely bound by Riviere & Son in full speckled dark red calf with inlaid bright red calf paneling with gilt borders, rules and corner devices, spine gilt, red morocco spine label, gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.