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ELGAR (F.) & MITCHELL (W.F.), THE ROYAL NAVY; 1872-80, IN A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS LITHOGRAPHED IN COLOURS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, BY W.F. MITCHELL ESQ.
first edition, volume 2 but complete in itself, with introduction (by Francis Elgar) followed by 25 full-page coloured lithographs, each with separate page of descriptive text, large format (28.5cm. x 22.5cm.), Griffin & Co., Portsmouth, 1881, skilfully rebacked using original spine and new endpapers, with gold-blocked illustrated front board
The illustrations in this work begin with the ironclad battleships Inflexible, Tėmėraire and Dreadnought, and afterwards descend through the various classes of vessels then employed in the Royal Navy.
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