; Folio 14.5" x 11.5". Full brown morocco leather bound cover with 5 raised bands, gilt stamping, and embossed decor is worn at extremities and frayed at corners but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Leather has been treated with professional leather cover preservation treatment to stop and prevent deterioration. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Marbled end sheets and paste downs clean and vibrant. Frontispieces and plates throughout protected by tissue with only a hint of toning and no foxing and very sparse, modest soiling from handling. However, first 20 pages have an old faint damp stain in the lower margin along the bottom and side of the pages (not affecting the text and engraved areas) becoming only a small faint damp stain in the bottom margin of the rest of the pages. Pages are otherwise lightly toned with sparse, modest soiling from thumbing but overall in very good condition.
Title: THE NEW GALLERY OF BRITISH ART, CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL, FROM THE WORKS OF DISTINGUISHED BRITISH PAINTERS, VOLUME 1 ONLY
Place/Publisher/Year: D. Appleton and Company: c. 1870
Cover: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Categories: Antiquarian, Art, Sets, Leather Bound (Antiquarian)
Seller ID: 8287
