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Pictures of Life & Character From the Collection of Mr. Punch, Complete in 5 Volumes
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Pictures of Life & Character From the Collection of Mr. Punch, Complete in 5 Volumes

by Leech, John

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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Early 19th century English engravings of wit and humor, with many plates of which Thackeray exclaimed, "This book is better than plum-cake at Christmas." One of the great visual repositories of mid- Victorian English life and humor, some full page, on horses, horse racing (Vol. I, a full page plate entitled "Memorials of the Great Exhibition of 1851, The Great Derby Race for Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-One"), hunting, cricket, deep sea diving and emigration. 1855 - 1869. Oblong folio in five volumes (31 X 46 cm); first, second, third, fourth and fifth series, numbered 1-5. Green cloth covers, gilt title and volume numbers to spines. Covers only slt rubbed at spine ends, o/w very good, lovely condition. Vol. I: 94pp, Index (2); Vol. II: 96pp; Vol. III: 94pp, Index (2); Vol. IV: 96pp; Vol. V: 94pp, ads (1). Internally, clean and bright; Vol. III and V have very light damp marks at top half of early pages. Houfe 35; cf. also Ray… Read More
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The Works of William Hogarth in a Series of Engravings: with Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency

by Hogarth, William; Trusler, Rev. John

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London: E. T. Brain & Co, 1840. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. The moralizing art of William Hogarth, displaying London life of the 18th century in all its extremes. Included here are the eight plates of The Rake's Progress which portray the reckless life of 'Tom Rakewell', the son of a wealthy merchant who squanders his fortune and ends up in the madhouse. 4to, 2 vols: iv, 142pp [4], iv, 280pp, steel engraved plates, with frontispiece portrait of the artist in each volume. Later red cloth binding with gilt titles on black leather spine labels. Marriage a la Mode series (Vol II) is LACKING one of the six plates in the series; some damp staining at four plates in Vol II.
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