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COURT BEAUTIES of the REIGN of CHARLES II. From the Originals in the Royal Gallery at Windsor, by Sir Peter Lely. Engraved in the highest style of Art. With Memoirs by Mrs. Jameson, Author of “Legends of the Madonna.” The Illustrations, Proofs Before Letters. New and Sumptous “Presentation Edition.” Price £1 1s.
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MACLISE’S PORTRAIT GALLERY OF LITERARY CELEBRITIES. With Notes by the late William Maginn, LL.D. Edited, with Copious Notes, by William Bates, B.A., Professor of Classics in Queen’s College, Birmingham. Demy 4to. 83 Splendid and most Characteristic Portraits. Now first issued in a complete form. Price 31s. 6d. Morocco elegant, 70s.
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES BY BRITISH ARTISTS. A Gathering of Favourites from our Picture Galleries, 1800–1870. Wilkie, Constable, J. M. W. Turner, Mulready, Sir Edwin Landseer, Maclise, Leslie, E. M. Ward, Frith, Sir John Gilbert, Ansdell, Marcus Stone, Sir Noel Paton, Eyre Crowe, Faed, Madox Brown. All Engraved in the highest style of Art. With Notices of the Artists by Sydney Armytage, M.A. A Magnificent Volume, in Byzantine cloth gilt, 21s.
AARON PENLEY’S SKETCHING IN WATER-COLOURS. 21s. By the Author of “The English School of Painting in Water-Colours,” &c. Illustrated with Beautiful Chromo-Lithographs, resembling original Water-Colour Drawings. In handsome binding, gilt edges, suitable for the Drawing-room table, price 21s.
⁂ It had long been felt that the magnificent work of the great English master of Painting in Water-colours, published at £4 4s., was too dear for general circulation. The above embodies all the instructions of the distinguished author, with fine specimens of Water-colour Painting. A most charming Present for a Young Lady.
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LIVES OF THE SAINTS. Enriched with 51 exquisite Full-page Miniatures, in Gold and Colours. Every page of the Text within Engraved Borders of Beautiful Design. Thick 4to, sumptuously printed, and bound in silk velvet, enriched with gold, preserved in a case, £7 7s.; in morocco, extra gilt, inlaid, £10 15s.