Kensington: Picturesque and Historical. By W. J. Loftie, B.A., F.S.A., Author of "A History of London," &c., &c. Illustrated by W. Luker, Jun., from Original Drawings carefully finished on the spot and engraved in Paris. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E. C.
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Since the publication of Faulkner's work in 1820, no history of Kensington pretending to accuracy or completeness has been produced. This work contains full and descriptive accounts of the parish of Kensington and the adjoining Palace and Gardens, with the changes and improvements of the past half century or more; notices of Kensington celebrities and of the great national institutions which have sprung up at Kensington Gore and Brompton Park; and a fund of discursive matter of local and historical interest. The engravings include artistic exteriors and interiors; glimpses of Kensington Gardens; the Palace in which the Queen was born; the park; the people, streets, houses, churches, and ruins; and pretty, quaint, and taking "bits" of Kensington scenery. All the drawings have been engraved in Paris in the finest possible manner, and the paper on which they are printed has been specially manufactured of a quality to ensure the delicacy of the originals being fully retained.
For the curious a few PROOF copies of KENSINGTON: Picturesque And Historical at five guineas, bound in full morocco, have painted in water-colours on the front, under the gilt edges of the leaves, a couple of Kensington views, which until the leaves are bent back at an angle, are invisible.
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Through England on a Side-saddle in the Time of William and Mary: being the Diary of Celia Fiennes. With an explanatory Introduction by The Hon. Mrs. Griffiths. LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E. C.
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