[MOSAIC BINDING]

In-8° (162 x 100 mm), [xvi]- 837- [27] pp, with woodcuts in text. Beautiful red morocco mosaic binding, on each cover is a large flower executed by onlays of olive, cream and citron morocco, the details very delicately gold tooled with fillets, doublures of green silk, tooled border, all edges gilt. In the style of the French bookbinding family of Monnier, who achieved a great reputation during the 18th century