2 volumes Proof copy.. Edited by W.G. Fearnside. large 8vo ,24 x 15.5 cm vol 1 - 190, [2]pp., 70 engraved plates ( including the engraved frontispiece ) and 1 folding panoramic map of the Rhine at the rear. vol 2 - engrav. title page, viii, 181 pages, index, folding map at the end, 70 engraved Total of 140 plates with 2 panoramic strip views of the RHINE, 1 map is long 1 metre and 10 cm while teh 2nd map is only 48 cm Contemporary dark green quarter morocco and moiré cloth boards, all edges gilt. The spine in re-backed , while the boards are in good condition and clean also internally the plates are clean,on Japan tissue paper and tipped in on thick paper . Fresh copy with No spotting or Foxing, pages tight ,with wide margins. Very good bright proof impressions of Tombleson's famous topographical steel engravings of the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz. on Japan tissue paper and tipped in on thick paper plates. 2 volumes