The Illustrated London News, Vol.II, 1859
London: George C. Leighton, 1860. Hardcover. Oversized/ folio three-quarters blue leather and marble boards. Five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and tooling. 656 pages (issues are not numbered consecutively. Begins with July 2, 1859 through October 29, 1959. At rear is bw frontispiece for Volume 31, July to December 1857, starts at skips around including pages from 1857 and 1858 ending with December of 1857. Lovely bw illustrations throughout, including fold outs titled, "The Queen opening Parliament", "A Real Christmas Holiday" and "The Tulleries Paris". Several color illustrations including a large fold out titled, "The Great Eastern" VG- content; clean and bright; covers have general shelf wear with some edge fading, bumps/scuffs especially to edges. Light foxing. Pagination is inconsistent throughout.Tears to large fold out illustrations. Missing front index to all engravings and also missing bw frontispiece). Item #179145
Each issue includes a series of chess moves, wills and bequests, births, marriages, deaths, times of high water at London Bridge, theatre programs, foreign and colonial news, advertisements, music, loads of gorgeous illustrations, court news, and more. A wealth of information on social, political, economic history, the arts; everything!
Price: $175.00