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- c. 1867 (Creación)
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1 volume, ff. 1-60.
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Purchased at auction from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. along with Add. MS a. 720-721. Acquired in Mar. 2020.
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Includes a loose letter, a loose drawing, and 2 loose plant leaves. There is also a painting missing from page 8.
Page one is illuminated by Samuel Stanesby and entitled 'Album'. Page two contains a dedication 'For dear Elsie with very much love from her Godmama, Eliza Brightwen', dated 10 August 1867. Pages 3 to 21 contain small watercolour paintings pasted onto each page with accompanying verses from the bible written in a juvenile hand around the paintings. Pages 22 and 23 are illustrations painted directly into the book without any bible verses. Pages 24 to 30 contain different samples; a peacock feather; a still life painting pasted on to the page; an impression of a 'Palestine Clay Seal'; a specimen of 'Palestine Wheat'; samples of gold and silver; a specimen of an 'Olive' branch; and a crest displaying an anchor. Between page 32 and 33 there is a specimen of a leaf entitled 'Vine', and between page 33 and 34 there is a specimen of a leaf entitled 'Fig'. Pages 35 to 60 are left blank.
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The spine of the volume is damaged but still attached.