First edition, Quarto. vii, 547pp. Text in German. Heavily illustrated including an original etching (a self-portrait) frontispiece. Leather and gilt paper over boards. Binding heavily rubbed and worn with an approximately 1" x 6½" surface abrasion on the unprinted lower board, bottom corners of pages a bit bumped and the few color plates very lightly foxed, sound and near very good. Lacking the unprinted dust jacket and slipcase.