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One Hundred Dollars For the United States, or Twenty Guineas For Great Britain; |
Or the equivalent of Twenty Guineas in the gold currency
of other countries in Central or Western Europe.
The Plates are enclosed in a strong, canvas-lined, full American-Russia Leather Portfolio.
Additional Plates in any required number will be supplied to the subscriber at the same proportionate rate; these, however, must be ordered at the same time as the subscription Plates.
It was considered inadvisable to make an arbitrary selection of the one hundred Plates offered to subscribers, and with the object of meeting, as far as possible, their diverse requirements, they are invited to make their own selection, either from the subjoined list of subjects, or from a detailed catalogue, which will be forwarded free of expense to every subscriber.
The following are the numbers of Plates published of each class of subjects, from which the subscriber's selection can be made:—
| Class. | Plates Published. | ||
| 1. | Men,om draped | 6 | |
| 2. | Ci"hllren. pelvis cloth | 72 | |
| 3. | Ci"hllren. nude | 133 | |
| 4. | Women, draped | 60 | |
| 5. | Chil"lren. transparent drapery and semi-nude | 63 | |
| 6. | Chil"lren. nude | 180 | |
| 7. | Children, draped | 1 | |
| 8. | Chil"lren. nude | 15 | |
| 9. | Movements of a man's hand | 5 | |
| 10. | Abnormal movements, men and women, nude and semi-nude | 27 | |
| 11. | Horses walking, trotting, galloping, jumping, &c. | 95 | |
| 12. | Mules, oxen, dogs, cats, goats, and other domestic animals | 40 | |
| 13. | Lions, elephants, buffaloes, camels, deer, and other wild animals | 57 | |
| 14. | Pigeons, vultures, ostriches, eagles, cranes and other birds | 27 | |
| Total number of Plates Containing more than 20,000 Figures. | 781 | ||
Should the selection be made from the Catalogue, it will be advisable to give the Author permission to change any one of the selected Plates for any other illustrating the same action, if, in his judgment, the substituted Plate illustrates that action with a better model, or in a more perfect manner than the one selected.
With regard to the selection of Plates, however, it has been found by experience that unless any special subject or plate is required it will be more satisfactory to the subscriber if he gives the Author GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS as to the CLASS of subjects desired and to leave the SPECIFIC selection to him.
Many of the large Libraries and Art or Science Institutions in America and in Europe have subscribed for, and have now in their possession, a complete series of the seven hundred and eighty-one Plates, the subscription price for which is