Title: Large collection of illustrations from the Illustrated London News Author: ** Place: Publisher: Date: 1850s-1890s Description: Includes: Vol XXXIX, July-December 1861 - complete volume, bound in half leather and cloth. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts, a few folding, many whole page plates. Binding very shaken, many signatures loose, spine deteriorated. * Hand-colored woodcut titled: First Attempt to Launch the Great Eastern Navigation Company's Steam-Ship "Leviathan," from Nov. 14, 1857. 15¾x22¼, matted. * 4 half page matted woodcuts, measuring approximately 7½x10½. * 4 full page woodcuts in matting with woodcut illustrations. Each 15¾x10½. * 9 loose woodcut illustrated pages, including 3 hand-colored, and 3 double-page. 15¾x10½ or 15¾x21. Nice collection of loose, matted, and bound woodcut illustrations and pages from the popular illustrated weekly newspaper. Lot Amendments Condition: Condition varies; the loose pages have moderate edge wear, many with dampstains; those in matting are very good to near fine; those that are loose are good to very good. Item number: 201220
Title: Large collection of illustrations from the Illustrated London News Author: ** Place: Publisher: Date: 1850s-1890s Description: Includes: Vol XXXIX, July-December 1861 - complete volume, bound in half leather and cloth. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts, a few folding, many whole page plates. Binding very shaken, many signatures loose, spine deteriorated. * Hand-colored woodcut titled: First Attempt to Launch the Great Eastern Navigation Company's Steam-Ship "Leviathan," from Nov. 14, 1857. 15¾x22¼, matted. * 4 half page matted woodcuts, measuring approximately 7½x10½. * 4 full page woodcuts in matting with woodcut illustrations. Each 15¾x10½. * 9 loose woodcut illustrated pages, including 3 hand-colored, and 3 double-page. 15¾x10½ or 15¾x21. Nice collection of loose, matted, and bound woodcut illustrations and pages from the popular illustrated weekly newspaper. Lot Amendments Condition: Condition varies; the loose pages have moderate edge wear, many with dampstains; those in matting are very good to near fine; those that are loose are good to very good. Item number: 201220
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