142x87mm speckled tan roan rebacked with black gilt title label & "Paris 1838" gilt direct to foot of spine blind ruled (edges & corners worn new headbands sewn in). Half title + frontis + engraved title + iv + 207pp. Clean tight copy with just the last pages having a damp mark along the gutter not touching text or plates. *A history of discoveries in the new world for children with several examples of slaves and slavery including on two of the illustrations ( Gumuchian 3967).