Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th December 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1771

rzir " ¦ ¦;¦¦ ¦¦ : Upwards of 300 Superb Illustrations { some beautifully hand-coloured ) . T 7 " ENSINGTO ] Sr : * Pictubesque and Historical . J \_ By W . J . LOFTIE , B . A ., F . 8 . A ., Author of * A History I of London' & c . & c . Illustrated by W . Lukee , Jan ., from . I Original Drawing's carefully finished on the spot and I ,. engraved , in Paris . . [ i ? 2 . 5 s . I _ r . Since the . publication of Faulkner ' s work in 1820 , no . I history of Kensington pretending to accuracy or completeness I has been produced . This sumptuous work contains full and descriptive accounts of the parish of Kensington and the I ad joining Palace and Oardens , with the changes and improve-I ments of the past half century or tnore ; notices of Kensington celebrities and of the great national institutions which have sprung up at Kensington Gore and Brompton Paik ; and a I fund of discursive naatter of local and historical interest . In I regard to the very numerous and absolutely faithful Illustrations , two years have been spent by the artist in making for this work original drawings of old and modern" Kensing-~ ton . They include artistic exteriors and interiors ; glimpses I of Kensington Gardens ; the Palace in which " ^ he Queen Was I born ; the park ; the people , streets , houses , cnurches , and ruins ; and pretty , quaint , and taking * bits' of Kensington I scenery . Al } the drawings have been engraved in PaTis in I the finest possible manner , and the paper * on which they -are I printed has been specially manufactured of a quality to I ensure the delicacy of the originals being fully retained . I . For the curious , a few PROOF copies of KENSINGTON : I Picturesque and JHistqrical at five guineas , bound in full morocco , have painted in water-colours on the front , under the gilt edges of the leaves , a couple of Kensington views , I which , until the leaves are bent back afc an angle , are invisible . I London : FIELD & TUER , The Leadenhall Press , E . C . I * l Mr . Loftie ' s new book , t £ Kensington : Picturesque and Historical , " is to I have a novel binding . Beyond the title in gold , the round bevel-edged cloth-covered I boards are to be devoid of ornament except on the inner edge , which will have a I " roll" in gold of the same character that a good binder puts on morocco and _ I .. . - , - .... . ....... ¦ < ¦ ' ; ¦ - ;

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