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The life of man : symbolised by the months of the year / in a series of illustrations by John Leighton ... ; and pourtrayed in their seasons and phases, with passages selected from ancient and modern authors. By Richard Pigot.

Accession number
PML 145907
Creator
Pigot, Richard.
Published
London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated throughout with wood engraved full-page illustrations, vignettes, and ornaments after John Leighton, engraved by H. Leighton, Williamson, Green, Dalziel, Cooper, Woods, Pearson, Jewitt, and Harral.
Some illustrations and pages variously printed in black with border, text, and decorative details partially printed in red, blue, green, yellow, or orange.
"Bradbury, Evans, & Co., Printers extraordinary to the Queen, Whitefriars, London"--Colophon.
Description
xii, 240 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (wood engraving) ; 29 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Artist's presentation inscription on t.p.: To John Marshall Esq F.R.S. &c. - &c. - from John Leighton with kind regards - May 1869.
Provenance
John Marshall; from the libraries of J.N. Hart and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's green and red cloth, elaborately blocked in gold and black with a design by Leighton, bound by Edmonds & Remnants, with their ticket.
Classification
Department