Beschreibung:

Lot of 14 bound volumes of the Illustrated London News, all with period bindings, including the following: 1859, March - December; 1860, January - June, July - December; 1861, January - June, July - December; 1862, January - June, July - December; 1863, January - June, July - December; 1864, January - June, July - December; 1865, January - June, July - December; and 1866, January - December. Each volume includes a large number of full-page engravings and many more smaller engravings, many by noted artists and with accompanying text, documenting the years leading up to, during, and immediately following the Civil War. Three-quarter leather binding, each with gilt spine. Many of the bindings showing heavy wear. Condition: Some of the bindings showing heavy wear; some of the binding with remnants of other volumes stuck to binding, possibly as a result of storage conditions.