Author: Sambourne, Edward Linley. (Temp Edward 2nd). Young swells, temp Edward 4th from an elaborate wood engraving of the period. (Very scarce). Title Page: Miscellaneous Sketches from Punch. Fluted Armour temp Henry the Seventh from a suit in Mr. Punchs collection.
Illustrated with nearly 1,550 lifelike engravings with special contributions from Prof. E. L Youmans, A. M, MD., Prof. J. H. Seelye, D>D>, and Prof. Sanborn Tenney, A.M. Complete in Nearly 1,500 Imperial Octavo Pages.
Published by Chapman and Hall in London. The book is beautifully illustrated and 134 pages are generally clean and crisp as shown. 3/4 leather and cloth cover is in very good plus condition with light signs of age and use.
A superb luxury French devotional book, published and bound byL. The gold remains unusually bright and crisp. A beautiful signed Lesort devotional binding and an unusually attractive example of nineteenth-century French religious luxury publishing.
Its pages are steeped in history, reflecting the cooking traditions and ingredients popular in the 1800s. MODERN REPRINT OF ORIGANAL. But Due to its age, it may contain imperfections.