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Beauties Of Poetry And Art






Book Description
Embellished with sixteen facsimiles of water-colour drawings and other illustrations by George Cattermole, T. Sydney Cooper, Edward Duncan, John Gilbert, William Hunt, R. P. Leitch, George Smith, George H. Thomas, Edward H Wehnert, Mrs Ward, Henry Warren, Harrison Weir, and H. B. Willis. With 16 full page chromolithograph plates and sepia drawings in the text, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
Dealer Notes
Probably originally a gutta-percha binding the book has been rebound in the original covers and stitched. Some staining and marks to several margins.
Author
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Date
No date (c. 1870)
Binding
Blue cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration, all edges gilt. 24x19cms.
Publisher
Ward, Lock, & Tyler, London
Condition
Covers scuffed and little rubbed, corners and spine ends little bumped and frayed. Edge stain inside front cover extending through 14 page margins. Contents age toned and little foxed. Bookplate inside front cover.
Pages
iv + 68pp + 16 plates
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