Description:
pp. xvi, 255, (i). Frontispiece and 11 fine chromolithographic plates. Original maroon cloth gilt, now faded especially along the spine, stitching a bit weak and one gathering pulling proud, else a good copy with 3 pieces of relevant ms. ephemera plus the original invoice for the book from Foyles in 1936 when it cost £1.5s.0d.
*To compare the value of a £1 5s 0d Commodity in 1936, there are three choices. In 2014 the relative real price of that commodity is £75.85 - the labour value of that commodity is £204.60 - the income value of that commodity is £339.00. See web-site MEASURING WORTH.
George Bell and Sons. London.
Date Published: 1876.
Stock No. 61274
Price: £60.00