£250
Oblong folio, ff. [24] + colour map. Each leaf with a mounted chromolithograph plate to recto. Original green textured cloth, front board blocked in colour and gilt, edges gilt. A little offsetting from plates. Extremities lightly rubbed, boards a touch marked.
A lavish promotional publication for the P.&O. Line, reproducing colour illustrations and sketches from their official artist William Whitelock Lloyd (1856-1897). Library Hub records 6 holdings: Cambridge, NLS, BL, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin and the National Maritime Museum.
