First edition. Hb 32mo. Bound in contemporary full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; original stiff card covers bound into the rear. Covers and spine stamped in gold, as well as cover edges; all text edges bright gold; marbled endpapers with stamped gilt decorative borders. Comic illustrations by H. G. Hine. A very good copy with rubbing to the spine ends and some scuffs to the covers; very tight and clean, a truly beautiful book. "The peculiarity of satire is, that it forms a mirror in which everyone may see his friend's face, but none his own."