T.p. printed in red and black.

With wood-engraved decorative head-pieces and tail-pieces printed in red.

Lithographed plates are printed in brown. All are unsigned and with title captions.

Chromolithographed plates are unsigned. Some are with title captions.

"Maclure, MacDonald & MacGregor, Lithographers to the Queen."--Colophon.

Text pages, plates and binding are in the shape of a shield. Text is printed parallel to the spine with each line conforming to the shield shape of the book.

MASS copy: Bound in green sand-grain cloth blocked in gold. Covers with red pebble-grain cloth onlay blocked in gold. Covers with signature: "JL" [i.e. John Leighton]. Boards with bevelled edges; a.e. stained red. With red glazed endpapers. With ownership label: "Anthony David Estill". Encased in later red and green calico cloth-covered clamshell box lined with green velvet and with paper title label on spine. Case with label: "Box by A. D. E".