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Title: The Illustrated London News, Volume L: January-June 1867
Description: London, George C. Leighton, 1867. Hardcover. Ex-library. A large hardcover book with a black cloth spine, leather corners, and green cloth boards. FAIR condition. Corners heavily rubbed. Occasional library stamps inside. Stains and pencil notes on page 53. LACKS pages 77-100 (the entire January 26 issue), 149-150, 299-300, 381-404 (the entire April 20 issue), and 641-642. The color foldout is badly torn. Pages 643-648 are nearly detached. Occasional smudges and pencil scrawls, but otherwise, text easily legible. Volume 50 of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, with weekly issues spanning January 19 through June 29, 1867. Contains reporting on the Fenian Rising in Ireland; the Paris International Exhibition; the Treaty of London granting independence to Luxembourg; and the coronation of Franz Josef as King of Hungary upon the establishment of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. Among the many fine engravings are a full-page depiction of Christ blessing children; numerous illustrations of the Paris Exhibition; Queen Victoria laying the first stone of the Royal Albert Hall; and Franz Joseph's coronation in Budapest. Measures approx. 16" x 11.75.

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