THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Volume XLIX: July to December 1866

London: George C. Leighton, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 652p. Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book bound in green cloth boards with a black cloth spine and black leather corners. The corners are rubbed through. Scattered smudge marks and unobtrusive spotting. The foldout color plate is torn. Some library marks inside, but otherwise, text unmarked and binding secure. Item #201010

Volume 49 of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, containing all issues from July 7 through December 29, 1866, plus the Christmas supplement of Dec. 22. Includes reporting on the marriage of Princess Helena (daughter of Queen Victoria) to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; the Third Italian War of Independence; the laying of a transatlantic telegraph cable; and the marriage of Alexander, future czar of Russia, to Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Among the many beautiful engravings are a two-page spread depicting Prussian soldiers parading in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the opening of a new synagogue in Berlin, and Paris fashions for ladies. Measures approx. 16.25" x 12"

Price: $175.00