A multi-volume set of Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge published by George Newnes, Limited, London. The collection comprises eight hardcover volumes bound in dark brown cloth, featuring elaborate blind-stamped foliate patterns to the front boards and spines. Each spine is decorated with gilt lettering and a central gilt emblem depicting a stylized oil lamp of knowledge positioned atop an open book. The volumes are numbered from VOL. 1. through VOL. 8. in gilt at the head of the spine. The title PICTORIAL KNOWLEDGE is printed in gilt within a decorative border on the front covers and across the lower sections of the spines. The interior pages are heavily illustrated with black and white photographic plates and diagrams, including natural history subjects such as weaver fish and mud skippers, with credits to W. S. Berridge. The text is printed on toned paper with decorative headers reading NEWNES’ PICTORIAL KNOWLEDGE.
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