1900 WALT WHITMAN ~ LEAVES OF GRASS ~ ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED FOLD-OUT MANUSCRIPT PLATES ~ PORTRAITS ~ DECORATIVE PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

CA. 1885 ALL ROUND THE YEAR: A MONTHLY GARLAND BY THOMAS MILLER ~ ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEIGHTON, CLARK STANTON ~ RARE ANTIQUE BOOK ~ STUNNING VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1885

ALL ROUND THE YEAR: A MONTHLY GARLAND
BY THOMAS MILLER

TWELVE ALLEGORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEIGHTON, F.S.A.,
WITH OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLARK STANTON AND OTHER GREAT ENGRAVERS

*** RARE ANTIQUE BOOK ~ STUNNING FINE BINDING ~ MANY ENGRAVINGS ~ MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS ON RURAL LIFE, NATURE, LEGEND, LORE, TRADITION ~ SEASONAL BIRDS AND FLOWERS ~ KEY TO THE CALENDAR ~ BOOK OF DAYS ***

London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, no date, circa 1885.

• measures about 7.5 x 5.75 inches
• handsome original publisher's decorative cloth pictorial Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• embossed gold gilt and black stamping - four female figures representing the seasons, a wreath, and a gnome or tomte at the foot holding up a large ornate frame
• textblock all edges gilt
• vignette title page
• frontispiece with tissue guard
• profusely illustrated with full-page and part-page engraved plates