Quarto format. Watermark: fleur-de-lis ; "Cansell 1864". Calligraphy in ink and gilt. Paginated in gilt. Vellum binding, tooled in gold with floral ornaments. Initials of dedicatee, "G.B.J." (Georgina Burne-Jones) at centre of covers, within gilt laurel wreath. Spine gilt with ornaments and lettered. Gilt edges. Typescript note describing repairs to binding dated Feb. 1982, tipped-in (inside back cover). Written and decorated by the author for presentation to Lady Burne-Jones. Drawing in gouache by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and miniatures by C.F. Murray, some after designs by G. Wardle.
As to those who have had a hand in making this book, Edward Burne Jones painted the picture on page 1: the other pictures were all painted by Charles F Murray, but the minstral figures on the title page, and the figures of Spring Summer and Autumn on page 40, he did from my drawings. As to the pattern - work, George Wardle drew in all the ornament on the first ten pages, and I coloured it; he also did all the coloured letters both big and little; the rest of the ornament I did together with all the writing. Also I made all the verses; but two ;poems, the Ballad of Christine; and the Son's Sorrow I translated out if Icelandic William Morris 26 Queens Sq Bloomsbury, London August 26th 1870 (Notes written inn the back of the book)