1853 Illustrated London News HUGE Crimean War Navy

1853 Illustrated London News HUGE Crimean War Navy Russia Napoleon Hagia Sophia

A rare mid-19th-century issue of ‘The Illustrated London News’ world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.

This series of issues from July 1853 to December 1853 covers a wide variety of important topics, however, none are as noteworthy as the start of the Crimean War, in which the Russian Empire lost to France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia, affecting Christian minorities in the Holy Land. Other interesting topics and illustrations include:

Account of Tomb of Napoleon

Naval Battles

Account of Hagia Sophia

Full-page printings of music – piano, vocal scores

Games, chess moves

Marriage of Duke de Brabant with the archduchess Marie of Austria

Maps of battles and the lands affected by war

Royal Visits to Scotland and Ireland

And many more!

Item number: #7358

Price: $499

London Magazine

The Illustrated London News

London: William Little, 1853. First Edition

Details:

Collation: several missing pages ripped and torn out, but nearly complete

[6], 608

Illustrated throughout, large folded illustration in front of book.

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: 16in X 11.5in (40.5cm x 29cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.