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Title: PICTORIAL BEAUTIES OF NATURE or sketches in various departments of Natural History with coloured illustrations by famous Artists.
Description: London, Ward,Lock and Tyler 1880's color plates (24) + engraved head and tailpieces and a few initial capitals . 4to dark red cloth gilt and colored with pictorial scene with butterflies etc. to cover, lower cover blindstamped, spine gilt titled. [binding rubbed,dusty and a bit marked ] All edges gilt. Titlepage +contents leaf + 92pp + [ 2p=publisher's booklist] A few plates edge- dusted and seemingly re-inserted,and two plates with marginal tears not affecting illustration and one text leaf creased and two with 1cm marginal corner loss. Many plates with Leighton Bros.imprint with charming scenes of country life, butterflies, flowers etc.

Keywords: chromoliths natural history plates


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