Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1858. Printed title, preface leaf, and 36 full-page hand-coloured lithographed pages, printed on rectos only, 24 of which bear three strip illustrations, the remaining 12, have two strip illustrations. Original cloth-backed hand-coloured pictorial boards. Oblong folio. First U. K. edition. Covers rubbed and worn at corners and edges, and dust-soiled; lacking endpapers; name on title; title and Preface leaf spotted; else a very good copy of this important children's book, the hand-coloured illustrations clean and fresh.