Publication statement taken from label in another state of this edition in Massey College Library. See McLean D 0572.

Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Lithographed text is printed within decorative and illustrated borders and initials. Illustrations are unsigned.

A variant state of the edition than McLean D 0572, with the addition of statement of responsibility on t.p. and some differences in colour.

McLean, Ruari. Victorian book design, p. 110.

MASS copy 1: Bound in purple sand-grain cloth blocked in gold. Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g. With pastel yellow glazed endpapers. Upper paste-down endpaper with ownership label: "Bryan Sidney Smith.". With ownership inscription: "Peter Eaton".

MASS copy 2: Bound in purple sand-grain cloth blocked in gold in the same design as copy 1. Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g. With pastel yellow endpapers. With ownership inscription: "FJ" [i.e. Fianach Jardine].