Illustrated after engravings in the first edition, No. 19 of 27 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered 5 to 31, from a total of 444 copies. Original red cloth with gilt binding design by Warrington Hogg on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Derby: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only at the Moray Press, 1891.
Spine worn at head and foot, gilt lettering slightly faded; otherwise a very good copy. A rather coy introduction describes Murray’s reluctance to publish the texts for the more general reader, and to keep the circulation small. Having suggested more raciness than it actually involves, he then publishes the list of subscribers … His commitment to formal bibliophily is confirmed with the extraordinary number of variants (seven), which vary from a single copy on “Pure” vellum to 288 on Van Gelder paper.
