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A photo album scrap book compiling plates from numerous varying works, showing portraits and landscapes. A photo album scrap book containing plates of many works. Containing plates from 'Italy' by Samuel Rogers, showing the Lake of Geneva, Florence, and Como; 'The Anniversary 1829', showing plates titled 'The Little Cleaner', 'The Lost Earrings', 'Evening Twilight', and more; 'Pictures From Sicily' by W. H. Bartlett, showing Monreale, la Ziza, the Convent gate, and more; 'The Keepsake For 1844', showing 'The Queen of the Belgians', 'The Anglers', and more. Also with works from 'The Gallery of Engravings', edited by Rev. G. N. Wright, showing 'The Mother of Dr Doddridge', 'The Morn of Life', 'The Flower Garden', and more; 'The Women of the Bible' by G. Staal, showing 'The Virgin and Infant Saviour', 'The Woman of Canaan', 'Martha', 'Elizabeth', and more; 'The Landscape Annual', showing 'Cascade at Terni', 'Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome', 'Colonnade of St Peters, Rome', and more; 'Traveling Sketches', showing Bingen, Rotterdam, Castle of Heidelberg, and more. Also showing plates from 'The New Gallery of British Engravings' by Charles Heath, 'Pictorial History of the Bible', 'Leila; or, the Siege of Granada: and Calderon, the Courtier', 'The History of Sussex', 'Keepsake for 1829', 'The Casket', 'Loves of the Poets', 'A Book of the Passion', 'Ballads For the Times', 'Live and Poems of the Rev. George Crabbe', and more The colour plate to the recto to the front endpaper has a short note titled 'Withered Flowers' to the reverse, dated July 13th 1847. With a bookplate to the front pastedown belgoning to Edith Beck. Stamp to the front pastedown, 'Fratelli Alinari Fotografi-Editori Magazzino Succursale Firenze, Via Tornabuoni 20'. Undated, dated from various title pages pasted within. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Some loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light marks and discolouration to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd mark. Some plates are lightly age-toned. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 638P30
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