Blind and gold embossed leather; gothic text and color plates.This 14th Edition revision is handsomely appointed in antiqued and embossed leather, bound in hide and decorated in gold, green, and red- the pages are marbled, and the books themselves- all 16 alphabetical volumes and a 17th supplementary- are still strongly bound, open easily, and are filled with chromolithographs, fold out color maps, hand-drawn illustrations. An excellent-looking collection to add to a library, not to mention the excellent color plates and inserts. Encyclopedia Britannica said it best: "No work of reference has been more useful and successful, or more frequently copied, imitated and translated, than that known as the Conversations-Lexikon of Brockhaus" Issued: 1898Dimensions: 10.25"L X 7.25"D X 2.25"HEdition Number: 14thManufacturer: Brockhaus PublishingCountry of Origin: Germany Condition: Overall good. Bindings strong, show use, age, and storage wear. No missing pages, mostly intact color plates. Mushrooms, several other, fused to fly leaf.