Comic Blackstone, The

  • London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857
By CRUIKSHANK, George
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Comic Blackstone

CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. A'BECKETT. The Comic Blackstone. A New Edition. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

Two parts in one small octavo volume (6 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 169 x 105 mm.). xii, 252 pp. Engraved woodcut pictorial title-page and engraved woodcut illustration on last page.

Bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1900 in three quarter dark blue calf over marbled boards, smooth spine decorated in gilt and with red morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.

The first edition appeared in two parts in 1844-1846. There were several reissues in one volume from 1846 on.

Cohn 1. (First edition).

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Title

Comic Blackstone, The

Author

CRUIKSHANK, George

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857


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