Large folio [610 x 430mm] hand-colored lithographs by Day & Son. Title and 24 plates on thick paper; some foxing to a few margins and the verso of one plate. Original publishers roan backed morocco grained blue cloth, the upper cover with a design by John Leighton initialed 'JL'. A rare work of these very detailed and splendid views of interior and exterior scenes by leading artists of the day John Absolon Walter Goodall R. Goodall Henry Clark Pidgeon Thomas Harrington Wilson William Telbin and Edwin Thomas Dolby.

References:

Abbey Scenery 246; not in Rydell; not in King Victorian Decorated Bindings. Bobins II 676.


1. Front Cover
10. Bradford Court
11. Part of the Furniture Court, from the West Nave
12. The Furniture Court (No. 2)
13. Birmingham
14. India Court (No. 1)
15. The Transept from the South Gallery. A view, showing a tree and fountain.
16. The China Court
17. The Amazon (East Nave)
18. Godfrey of Bouillon, (East Nave)
19. In the East Nave - United States
2. Title Page - The Coalbrookdale Dome
20. France
21. The Turkish Court
22. Her Majesty's Retiring Room
23. France, (Sevres Court)
24. Russia
25. In the Agricultural Court
26. Back Cover
3. The Nave and Transept
4. The Indian Tent
5. The Indian Court (No. 2)
6. In the Fine Arts Court
7. In the West Nave
8. Part of the Stationery Court, from the West Nave
9. Church Furniture