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The Thames Illustrated: Title Page more
The title page has a decorative border containing flowers, vines, and the face of a man with oak leaves for his beard, presumably intended as a reference to the Green Man of British folklore.
The Thames Illustrated
A Picturesque Hourneying from Richmond to Oxford.
by John Leyland.
London. Geo. Newnes Ltd. Southampton St. W.C.
Printed by Hudson & Kearns, London, S.E.
detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-pointing flower - detail: the left-pointing flower - detail: the full-page border.