ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, THE by Illustrated London) - 1856

ILN, London, 1856, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original edition, Jan 5, 1856 (beginning at page 3) - June 28, 1856. Folio in cloth & printed on quality paper. Disbound, but covers & spine present (piece missing from front fabric; tear). 720pp. A tremendous volume almost all about the Crimean War, including the peace celebrations. Gorgeous military (cavalry, naval, etc.) & other engravings throughout, many double page. A handful are in sepia tone. Four portraits are strongly tinted, with particular note on a very striking portrait, "The Standard Bearer" (J.Gilbert). We mention just a handful of noteworthy engravings: "The Peers Front - New Palace of Westminster", two full page engravings on the "Burning of Covent Garden", a terrific double page: "Peace on Earth Good Will Towards Men -- Cry Havoc and Let Slip The Dogs Of War", "New Uniforms of the British Cavalry", "New Uniform of the Coldstream Guards", numerous striking fireworks engravings celebrating the peace, also "The Peace Rejoicing -- Ringing The Bells", "The New State Ball-Room At Buckingham Palace", one-third page engravings of "The Nebraska and Kansas Territory". AND, a 32 page Supplement, "The Grand Naval Review", which includes a full page map, "Plan of Spithead Showing the Proposed Evolutions of the Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty, on Wednesday the 23rd of April, 1856". The pages almost throughout in vg to fine condition, with perhaps an occasional tear, smudge. One of the best examples of the art of engraving in the 19th Century.