The Nobility of Life, its graces and virtues, portrayed in prose and verse by the best writers. Selected and edited by L. Valentine. With twenty-four original pictures printed in colours, elaborate borders, etc
An 1869 London gift anthology of prose and verse on moral themes, compiled by Laura Valentine (born Jewry) for Victorian family and presentation reading, with twenty-four colour plates and decorated letterpress pages. The plates here are full-page ornamental frames in colour: repeating leaf-and-strapwork borders, oval corner vignettes of figures in landscapes, small rule ornaments between quotations, and a banner tablet reading THE END, all usable as ready-made page surrounds, dividers and cartouche shapes.
