Full leather with five rolled bands and golt titles on spine. Edge and corner wear. Front hinge has been reglued and front board has some bowing on bottom right corner. All plates are present but most have been detached. Volume is square and binding seems secure with caveat about reglueing. In fact the pages from around 350 to 452 are quite crisp and fresh as though no one has ever made it to that part of the book. ; Vol. 1; B&W Plates; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 452 pages; Biography of Pope Sixtus V, I think. In French.