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The great wonders of the world from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace. With thirty-two illustrations by Frederick Shield.
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Wigan, Arthur Cleveland
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The great wonders of the world from the Pyramids to the Crystal Palace. With thirty-two illustrations by Frederick Shield.
Date [1856]
Dimensions 143 × 200 × 14 mm (5.62 × 7.87 × 0.55 in)
British Library
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C188a579
Place of creation London: Addey & Co., Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. London: William Stevens, printer, 37 Bell Yard, Temple Bar. Unpaginated; each plate/ illustration is accompanied by two pages of letterpress [i.e. 32 plates and 64 pages of letterpress].
Notes This book is number 6 in the publisher’s series “Books for Young Readers”. Yellow paper (now dulled) over boards. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont and his notes in pencil are on the upper pastedown. The lower cover has plant tracery on the corners and also within eight red circles, and also in gold on the centre. The upper cover has printing in colours. There is a ‘Renaissance style’ tableau, with children seated, reading and studying. Some are gathered around a circular table. The title: “/Wonders of the World/” is at the head; the imprint: “/Addey & Co. Henrietta St, Covent Garden/ London/” is at the tail. Inserted at the front is a letter and an invoice from Peter Lake, of ‘Books-n-Bric-a-Brac’. Robin de Beaumont paid £1.75 for this book in 9.9.1982. Another copy (probable) of this work is at British Library shelf mark 10027b15. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust.
References The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
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