Old Engraving of Victorian Woman Walking in the Spring Woods

Old Engraving of Victorian Woman Walking in the Spring Woods, originally uploaded by confections.

My husband found an antique book for me at the local swap meet last weekend. It is entitled "Sunlight and Shade: being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature" and was published by Cassell and Company in 1883 (London, Paris & New York).

It contains lovely poems and delightful engravings on every page, not to mention the splendid gilt edges and delicate floral endpapers. For a bibliophile like me, it was a perfect spring posy!