Book Description

This edition illustrated with 24 coloured lithographic plates each mounted on to a single page with lined gilt surround and measuring 14.5 x 21.5 cms. There is also a circular coloured vignette title.
Dealer Notes
Each full page plate has 1 page of descriptive text and guard. Pages heavily foxed, images largely unaffected. Gutta-percha binding, some plates/pages beginning to loosen. Some staining to corner of inner boards and end papers.
Author Pyne, J. B.
Date 1870.
Binding Bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. 37x27cms.
Publisher Henry Sotheran & Co, London.
Illustrator J. B. Pyne.
Condition Covers scuffed and rubbed, Rear board marked. Edges and corners frayed, spine very frayed. Inner spine strained.
Pages Title page + 1p list of plts + 7p intro + 24 plts

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