[2], 656 pp. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings, many full or double-page, 1 a large fold-out; 12 chromolithographed plates, 3 off them double-page. 15¾x11¼, original half morocco & cloth, spine dec. & lettered in gilt.

Bound volume of the premier illustrated weekly of the 19th century. This important half-year compilation includes much on the Indian Mutiny, as well as flare-ups in China as elsewhere as Britain worked to maintain its imperial status. The striking chromolithographs include views of Lahore, Delhi, Peshawar, Benares, and Cawnpore, as well as the steamship The Great Indian, and a few others.