octavo 18.5 by 12 cms (7.25 by 4.75 inches) A very clean and attractive copy. Bound in half dark brown calf with marbled paper ides and a red lettering label. The book is complete with a title page, preface leaf and 216 numbered pages. It's the sixth edition, improved and corrected. Paterson, an army officer, produced a number of books. His road books ran to many editions and are easily found but all editions of this Travelling Dictionary are rare. The contents are very clean-no internal marks, signatures or inscriptions and the book is sound and firm in the binding