Welsh suggests a date of 1848 (but has no other details, no publisher, no identified copy &c.). 128 printed pages. 4 full-page woodcut illustrations. Woodcut vignette tailpieces. During the Victorian age, the use of flowers as a means of covert communication, associating flowers with symbolic definitions, coincided with a growing interest in botany. The floriography craze was introduced to Europe by the Englishwoman Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), who brought it to England in 1717. Very slight age-toning. Original pale yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. 62 x 92 mm. Original grey cloth with title in block italics on spine. Black publisher's emblem stamped on back cover within black ruled borders. Chromolithographed cut-out of Lily of the Valley pasted to front cover in black arched frame, within embossed black elaborate borders and decorations, with series title and book title embossed in reverse gilt. Slightly worn at edges, corners and hinges. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 5049 (?). No OCLC number. WorldCat locates zero copies worldwide.