351pp, engraved title and frontispiece after Stothard, 8vo, bound in full polished calf, title label inset on maroon morocco, elaborate gilt tooled spine, hinge cracked, inner hinge strengthened but holding firm, prelims slightly foxed, finely printed by S. Maurice, Provenance: with the bookplate of Sir Robert Adair (1763 - 1855), Harding, Triphook et Lepard, London, 1825. * Latin text. Adair was a distinguished diplomat of the period.