harvest of a quiet eye
Subtitle: leisure thoughts for busy lives
By: by the author of "Random truths in common things," etc. ; with numerous illustrations by Noel Humphreys, Harrison Weir, Wimperis, Pritchett, Miss Edwards, and other eminent artists.
Contributors: Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.; Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906.; Wimperis, Edmund Morrison, 1835-1900.; Pritchett, R. T. 1828-1907.; Thomas, William Luson, 1830-1900.; Measom, Allen, fl. 1870-1871.; Measom, William Frederick, fl. 1840s-1876.; Cheshire, William, fl. 1862-1901.; Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903.; Dickes, William, 1815-1892.; Skelton, Percival.; R. K. Burt & Co.; Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Edition: Twelfth thousand.
Publisher: Religious Tract Society
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.; Christian life.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Leisure thoughts for busy lives; Harvest of a quiet eye :
Notes: Authorship taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Date based on form of printer's name and existence of a different edition published [1877].  Cf. Brown, Philip A. H.  London publishers and printers, 1982 and British Library Public Catalogue.

T.p. printed within double black rule border.

Wood-engraved plates included in pagination.  Most are unsigned.  Two are signed "W. Thomas" [i.e. W. L. Thomas?].  One is signed "A. Measom" and another "AM".

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  A few are signed "W. Thomas".  One is signed: "W. Measom Del + Sc.".  Other signatures include: "W. Cheshire", "Whimper Sc" [i.e. J. W. Whimper?], "W. Dickes" and "P. Skelton".

With most of the same wood-engraved illustrations (with some alterations) and similar setting of type as used in the "Sixth Thousand" edition of this title published [between 1867 and 1869] by The Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 1131.

With most of  the same wood-engraved illustrations and similar setting of type as used in the "Ninth Thousand" edition of this title published [between 1872 and 1874] by The Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 1132.

With the same wood-engraved illustrations and similar setting of type (except lacking some additional text) as used in another edition of this title published [between 1878 and 1879] by The Religious Tract Society. See McLean D 1134.

Includes wood-engraved illustrated and decorative initials.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-5] at end.

MASS copy: Bound in green sand-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind in the same design as McLean D 1131 and McLean D 1132.  Upper cover blocked in gold with illustration replicated from the text.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With ownership inscription: "K. C. Andrews".