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Excerpt from Colored Plate Books of the Rarer Class, Sporting Books, Library Sets, Rare and Beautiful Bindings, From the Library of Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. Philadelphia, Pa: With Important Additions, Including What Is Probably the Rarest of All Thackeray Items, "Illustrations to the Surprising Adventures of Three Men," And a Collection of Original Drawings by William Blake, John Leech and Rowlandson Rare early Octavo Edition, printed in fine gothic letter, double columns, 54 lines to the column. Initial letters painted in red throughout. Beautiful example. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.