First Edition, decorated American binding - Clean dark green silk cloth boards with gold and black lettering and grapevines on cover, gold lettering, grapevines and fox on spine. Smooth, dark green endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates; very small embossed previous owner name near top edge of title page. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean, with gilt page edges all around. Translated from the French of X. B. Saintine by Prof. M. Schele De Vere, LL.D. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Protected with removable mylar sleeve.