I have here for sale a book entitled THE LONDON ART-UNION PRIZE ANNUAL OF 1846 Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Engravings of Pictures and Sculpture purchased by The London Art Union Sketched and Engraved by Henry Melville published by R A Sprigg, London, in 1846.  First edition.  Here we have 48 plates showing 250 pieces of art.  The Description of the Plates gives information on the name of the prizeholder, the amount of the prize, the picture and name of artist, the size of the picture, and the amount of the purchase.

Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front board and spine.  Minor marks on the boards.  Gilt page edges.  Light foxing to pages.  All pages are firm and the book is in very good condition.  8 pages, plus 48 plates.  35.5 x 25 cm.

We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.

Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK.  If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.