[Choiseul-Gouffier, M.G.A.F. de, comte]

First edition, third issue (preliminary discourse ends with "O utinam....."), 2 volumes bound as 3 (volume 2 is in 2 parts), folio (515 x 332mm.), half-titles, 3 engraved titles, portrait, 2 unnumbered folding maps, and 285 numbered plates (including 8bis and 76bis) on 168 sheets, elaborate engraved head- and tail-pieces, folding printed table, uniform early nineteenth-century morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, [Atabey 241; Blackmer 342], 3 plates loose, a few plates torn without loss in final part (e.g. pl. 61, 81, 84 and 102), p.51 vol.1 with short tear repaired, p.21 vol.2 with small hole touching a few letters, somewhat spotted, a few leaves browned (pp.421-24 vol.3), covers rather rubbed and corners worn, small hole in spine vol.2