by THE CHRISTIAN GARLAND
THE CHRISTIAN GARLAND. OR A COMPANION FOR LEISURE HOURS CONSISTING OF ORIGINA SELECT PIECES IN POETRY & PROSE. London: Religious Tract Society, (circa 1856). 8vo. Publisher's black full-morocco gilt and blind stamped. iv, 251, (1) pages, 8 fine chromolithographic plates. New edition. The British Library gives a date of 1856. An overtly Christian title, but th illustrations were "on trend." Commonplace albums of the date were replete w similar genre watercolors but printed examples are most unusual. The chromolithographic plates of groups of shells, flowers, etc. are by J. Kronheim. With binders ticket "B. West, Binder, Clerkenwell." A nice exampl.
(Inventory #: 39825)