105 pages. The head and tail of the spine strip are chipped, and the strip has become detached towards the tail, but remains safely attached. The back end paper has a small rectangular section neatly cut out, again at the tail. The faults are mainly aesthetic, body of the book is in excellent condition, clean, unmarked and solid. Alfred Felton (1831-1904), the National Gallery of Victoria's (NGV) greatest benefactor, was born at Maldon, Essex, and migrated to Victoria in 1853. After some years on the goldfields, he established himself as a merchant in Melbourne and by 1861 was trading as a wholesale druggist in Swanston Street. In 1867 he went into partnership with F.S. Grimwade in the renamed Felton Grimwade & Co., which over the next 25 years grew into the largest drug house in the colony. .....At his death in 1904, Felton left a residual estate of £383 163, which he willed to form a capital fund,, the income from which was directed to be held in trust in perpetuity, one half to be distributed to charity and one half for the purchase of works for the NGV. .... administered the trust....Felton's bequest transformed the NGV from a small regional picture gallery into one of international standing. (eMelbourne)