SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR PRESENTS.
THE SALAMANDRINE;
Or, LOVE AND IMMORTALITY.
By Charles Mackay, LL.D.,
Author of "Egeria," "Legends of the Isles," &c. &c.
Super-royal 8vo, enamelled cloth, gilt edges, £1 1s.; splendidly bound in Turkey morocco extra, gilt edges, £1 11s. 6d.
THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF WRITING.
Being a complete History of the Art in all the stages of its development, from the simple Pictorial Writings of the early Chinese and Mexicans, and the Cuneiform Inscriptions of the Assyrians, to the different styles of European MSS., from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century, and the progress of ordinary Writing from the invention of Printing to the Present Time.
Author of "The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages," "The Art of Missal Painting," "Ancient Coins and Medals," &c. &c.
Illustrated by numerous Coloured Plates, executed in a highly-wrought style of Chromo-Lithography, from examples of the painted writings of the Egyptians and Mexicans, and from beautiful specimens of the Illuminated writing of the Mediæval and more recent periods of modern history, including fac-similes from the Magna Charta, Doomsday Book, &c., followed by a series of fac-similes from private letters, works in MS., signatures, &c. &c., and a great variety of autographs, chronologically arranged. 4to, elegantly bound in blue cloth extra, gilt sides and edges, £1 1s.; handsomely bound in imitation of the ancient carved book-covers, £1 5s.
GEMS OF WOOD ENGRAVING.
Containing upwards of One Hundred of the finest Specimens of Wood Engraving ever produced. Carefully printed on a warm-tinted plate paper. With a Critical and Descriptive List of the Subjects; together with a History of the Art of Wood Engraving. Ancient and Modern. Imperial folio, enamelled boards, £1 1s.
