Once a week. An illustrated miscellany of literature, art, science, & popular invention. Volume i. July to december 1859. London: bradbury & evans, 11, bouverie street. London: bradbury & evans, printers, whitefriars. 544p. Twenty-four issues. The illustration on page 130 is after leech, accompanying the poem “retrospective”, by c. P. William. The illustration on page 439 is after small field, accompanying the story “where? there & thereafter”, by s. Langley. Robin de beaumont’s notes about this volume are on the front endpaper verso. Binding: the case is detached from the text block. Text sewn on three sawi-in cords. Brown half calf. Marbled sides and red ink edges. The spine is divided into six panels by five false raised bands, and one smaller panel at the tail, with gold fillets tooled across the spine above and below each band. In panel two, on a dark red leather onlay, the words: “/ once/ a week. /” are tooled in gold. In panel four, the words: “/ july/ to december/ 1859/” are tooled in gold. Panel six at the tail has the volume number “i” tooled in gold. Date: 1859. Dimensions: Height: 244 mm; Thickness: 32 mm; Width: 177 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, book, book-illustration, newspaper-periodical (BM 1992,0406.212.a 2)
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