The Illustrated London News. (no. 148, Vo. VI)  (March 1 - Dec. 27, 1845)

William Little; George C. Leighton

The illustrated London News, 1845

Bound in contemporary leather backed marbled boards.  Binding mostly perished, lacking spine leather.  Dimensions 40 x 30 cm.  Heavily illustrated. Inauguration of Polk, Domestic Punishment of Slaves on a Brazilian Sugar Farm, conflict at Lucerne, Swiss civil war,

The Illustrated London News began in 1842 as the world's first illustrated news magazine. The ILN was a revolution in journalism and news reporting, enhancing the news with vivid pictures of the events of the day, in an era before extensive travel and limited access to images of the world.