Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Preliminary wood-engraved plate included in pagination.

Plate and most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned. One each is with signature: "C. J. Staniland", "WHP" and "HSP Sc.".

MASS copy: Bound in green fine diagonal rib-grain cloth blocked in gold, black, light blue and blind. Upper cover blocked in gold with part of an illustration replicated from the text. Spine with imprint: "Cassell & Company Limited". With beige endpapers printed in light orange-brown with an all-over floral pattern.