T.p. printed in red and black.

Wood-engraved plates included in pagination. Includes 1 folded plate.

Several wood-engraved illustrations with imprints: "E. Sheldrick. Del. Sc.", "J. F. Swallow" and "M. A. Sulman". Other signatures include: "G. Mateaux", "M. Rees", "A. Finden", "G. Halliday. Del. Sc." and "Rees.Swallow&Mateaux".

"The Student ... will find the most essential and characteristic elements of the styles, perhaps adequately illustrated by the few engraved cuts contained in the work, which have been chiefly executed from casts in the collections of the Department [Board of Trade Department of Science and Art], by the female students of the Wood-engraving Class at Marlborough House."--Preface to the First Edition.

Includes several bibliographies of "Illustrated Literature".

MASS copy: Bound in purple bubble-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind. Spine re-backed with maroon cloth with imprint: "Toronto Public Libraries". With label: "Toronto Public Libraries Reference Library".