Jean de Villiot La Flagellation a Tavers le Monde.  La Maison  de la Verveine . Illustrations de  Martin van Maele  et Emile MasParis, Librairie des Bibliophiles Parisiens, 1904

In Original publishers decorated cover printed in red and black14.61cm. x 22.86cm. xv + 253pp. Limited edition of 500 copies on Hollande . Title page printed in red and black. Decorative red border on all pages [except for the 17 hors-text illustrations]. Illustrated chapter pieces. Tailpieces. 17 engraved plates hors-text, + five additional full-page engravings enclosed in decorative red borders included as part of the pagination by Martin van Maele. Numerous in-text illustrations by Emile Mas.

 Copy is in original tan paper wraps. From the series La Flagellation à Travers le Monde. This work is done in three parts: Verbena House p.1-150, Le Révérend Arthur Philip Calvedon p.151-222 and Les Flagellation p.223-252. Also published in English by Carrington in 1898 and 1904 as The Mysteries of Verbena House with the author as Etoniensis [George Augustus Sala?]. Based on the pagination and title, it appears that the first part of this present book may have been previously published by Carrington in 1901 as Les Mysteres de la Maison de la Verveine. However, as I am unable to compare the two books, I cannot be positive. According to Ashbee [Vol.3, pp. 260] the original story was issued in two parts: pages 1-96 were issued in 1881, the remaining pages in 1882, probably by William Lazenby [See Mendes 74-A]. It's also possible that the author is not Sala but James Campbell Reddie [Gibson: p.108].

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