London; New York: Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House;, [circa 1885]. Thick octavo (20.5 x 14 cm.), liv, 404, [22] pages. Illustrated with eight chromolithographic plates and numerous engravings in the text. Index. Advertisements. Later, undated edition; originally published in 1866 by Ward. Lock, and Tyler; a "New & Revised" edition was issued in 1890, with 568 pages. So this edition sits between the two. Includes the short "Philosophy of.....

London: S.O. Beeton, 248, Strand, W.C.; Cox & Wyman, Printers, 1861. Thick, small octavo (17.5 x 11 cm.), xxxix, 1112 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and engraved title, and with additional twelve color plates and engravings in the text. FIRST EDITION, first issue in book form (with "18 Bouverie St." on the illustrated title page). Preceded by the very rare issue in twenty-four monthly parts, issued November 1859-1861. Perhaps.....