black-and-white illustrations

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illustration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of ...
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(Definition ofillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The black-and-white illustrations in this volume are therefore as much the object edited and commented upon as the related textual phrases and passages.
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There are good quality black-and-white illustrations but only four pages of colour plates.
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Second, there are many black-and-white illustrations.
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There are no fewer than 95 black-and-white illustrations interspersed throughout the book.
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Later natural history books, dating from the last quarter of the century, were illustrated differently, once machinery was available to render multiple black-and-white illustrations at lesser cost.
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The publisher accepted all of these as well, giving the first edition ten black-and-white illustrations plus the two endpaper maps.
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Each sketch typically featured two black-and-white illustrations, as well as an illustration for the wrapper.
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Deluxe editions of the book feature stamps tipped-in over the black-and-white illustrations.
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