8vo. In two volumes. x, 241, [1]; viii, 268pp. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Extremities dust-soiled, spines discoloured, corners bumped. Inked ownership inscriptions to head of both titles, light damp-staining to upper margins of Vol. I, two leaves of Vol. II detached, spotted.

A compilation of accounts of ancient and contemporary marriage customs predominantly in the British Isles, but also including Jewish, Egyptian, Chinese, Tartar, Bedouin, Mexican, and ancient Greek and Roman rituals.