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Lot 114
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ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

July – Dec 1878 (Volume 73)

Illustrated London News 1878

Complete first edition volume – original burgundy cloth binding with gold lettering.

The index of engravings, issues No. 2036 July 6th, through to issue No. 2063 Dec 28th, 1878, are all present. Also present is the rarely found large wood engraving titled “The Paris Exhibition: General View of the Trocadero” measuring 31 x 102 cm which was published as a supplement for the Illustrated London News on the 28th of September 1878. .This Illustrated London News volume covers the period when Cyprus first passed under British rule from the Ottomans in 1878. All 56 Cyprus related engravings including the double page engravings are present.
Consists of 620 pages
Dimensions: 42 x 29 cm

Provenance

private collection, Greece

Estimate

€ 1 000 – 1 800

Sold for € 1 699.88

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