Full Set Leather Bound In 5 Volumes The Illustrated London Almanack 1845

Description: The Illustrated London Almanack The complete set of all 50 Almanacks Bound in 5 Volumes 1845-1895 Complete with all front covers and advertising tipped in at the back of each VolumeVolume 2's spine is not as clear as the rest but the contents are just as good as the others.Bright clean chromolithographs.Contains many colour paintings as well as black and white full page prints and numerous amounts of Victorian adverts both in colour and black and white.The covers and adverts for 1847 are not tipped in at the back of volume 1. These where omitted/(error possibly) but I've managed to obtain the magazine for that year which will be included with this sale. Leather bound with blue cloth boards, marbled patterned front and back pages with edges of all pages with similar pattern. Volume 2's back board is a little loose but overall all volumes are holding strong. A Ridiculously Rare Complete Set. The Illustrated London Almanack was published annually by The Illustrated London News from 1845 to 1895. Beginning in 1858, each issue offered six seasonally themed colour engravings by the Leighton Brothers - whose prints were considered highly collectible then and are even more so now.As the name suggests, the ILA focused upon the needs of the London reader. Issues averaged 60-65 pages, and included information about London institutions, scientific societies, banks, public officials and government ministers, members of the royal household, postal rates and regulations, taxes and license fees, and even such items as London cab fares. Most issues also included a list of key events, obituaries, and laws and Acts of Parliament from the preceding year.Moving beyond local topics, the ILA also offered lists of world monarchs, historic monarchs, data on the economic status of various British colonies, articles on seasonal customs and folklore, features on seasonal wildlife, and articles on social and recreational events for the year. Earlier issues also offered an astronomy feature, covering "the night skies over London" for the year to come.After 1880, the Almanack dropped most of its articles and focused almost entirely on charts, lists, and so forth. In 1888 the magazine switched from chromolithographs to duotones. In that year it also switched from being a compendium of useful information to, primarily, a publication of short fiction.

Price: 2750 GBP

Location: Cockermouth

End Time: 2025-02-03T10:12:27.000Z

Shipping Cost: 207.93 GBP