Title in red and black.
"Achevé d'imprimer sur les presses typographiques et en taille-douce de A. Quantin, Imprimeur-éditeur ce quinze novembre [1882]"--Colophon.
Original paper covers illustrated with color lithographs with gold paint.
Title vignette (in blue), head and tail pieces, ornamental borders (some in color).
LC Copy 1 has limited edition statement: Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage 100 exemplaires sur papier du Japon, numérotés. Exemplaire no. 23. In library binding; has original color-illustrated paper covers bound in. Has LC accession no. 217150 dated [19]15.
LC Copy 2 lacks limited ed. statement. In library binding, 26 cm.; original paper covers wanting. Transferred from the U.S. Patent Office, July 15, 1884. Has LC accession no. 48430.
LC Copy 3 lacks limited ed. statement. Has original color-illustrated paper covers bound in. In brown calf doublure binding, 26 cm., with gold-ruled borders; colored leather inlays on paneled spine. Inside covers have blue, brown and tan leather inlays with gilt dentelles and gilt decorations illustrating the book's title. Flyleaves are brown silk moiré. All edges gilt. Front cover has monogram of Russian Empress Maria Fedorovna. Binding signed: Jules Meyer. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1931; LC accession no. 409629.