Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1900. First edition thus. First Open Court Edition. There was a limited edition of 100 copies on special paper, also issued in 1900 but published by The International Folk-Lore Association. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 496 pages. Bound in black cloth with red border to front and red-stamped title and an image of a winged Lucifer and a serpent. Gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. With over 300 black and white illustrations (many full page) plus light green vignettes at the beginning and end of each chapter. List of illustrations calls for a frontispiece (no description) but none present in this volume, instead is a small Open Court Publishing list showing Oriental Works where frontispiece would be (no evidence of a frontispiece removed or ever being present facing title page). Bumps and wear to all four corners, some faint marks to cloth. Paper split at front hinge allowing a tiny bit of movement to lower area of front board, but the binding remains strong. Former owner’s notes to front free endpaper. A very good copy of this scarce volume.