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The life of man : symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations by John Leighton, F.S.A. and pourtrayed in their seasons and phases, with passages selected from ancient and modern authors

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Type of record: Book

Title: The life of man : symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations by John Leighton, F.S.A. and pourtrayed in their seasons and phases, with passages selected from ancient and modern authors

Level: Item

Classmark: Large English A-0.03 PIG

Creator(s): Pigot, Richard

Additional creator(s): Leighton, John (1822-1912) (Other)

Publisher: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1866

Language: English

Size and medium: [iii]-xii, 4 unnumbered pages, 240 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/232657

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012742419705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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Listed as first edition.


T.p. in red and black enclosed in red decorative border. Publisher's device on t.p.


Each printed page enclosed in decorative border with illustrations or decorative initials.


The smaller designs and devices in the volume are engraved by Leighton, Williamson, Green, Dalziel, Cooper, Woods, Pearson, Jewitt and Swain.


Includes index.

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