| General Notes |
TWENTY FOUR VIEWS OF SOUTHAMPTON
- NEWMAN & CO, LONDON -
VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS
1877
SMALL OBLONG BOOK BOUND IN CLOTH, BLIND STAMPED DECORATION ON THE REAR BOARD, REPEATED IN BLACK ON THE FRONT SURROUNDING THE TITLE IN GILT WITH DECORATIVE UNDERLINE. NO DATE OR EDITION DETAILS, AND NO TEXT JUST TWENTY FOUR ENGRAVINGS EACH ON A SEPERATE PAGE, EACH VIEW HAS THE TITLE BENEATH, ALSO "NEWMAN & CO" THE DATE, WITH THE MONTH AND YEAR i.e. 1877 AND THE PUBLISHER'S ADDRESS BEING, 69 SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD. THE BOOK MEASURES 7.5 x 5.5 INCHES APPROX.
THE BOOK IS SPLIT ALONG THE INNER HINGE, AND THE FIRST 8 OR SO PAGES HAVE SOME WATER STAINING TO THE TOP CORNER, ALTHOUGH DIMINISHING INTO THE BOOK, ALSO A FEW SPOTS HERE AND THERE OTHERWISE THE ENGRAVINGS ARE QUITE CLEAN, THE WATER STAINING IS AWAY FROM THE ENGRAVED IMAGES WHICH ARE OVAL WITHIN THE CENTRE OF THE PAGE. THE ENGRAVINGS ARE FINELY DETAILED AND QUITE CHARMING. |