The Comic History of England
- 1855
1855. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, [c.1855].
8vo, 2 vols. in 1: xviii, 320; 304 pp. Title-page printed in black and red, complete with 10 hand-colored steel engravings and numerous in-text wood engravings in each volume, including frontispieces. Full tan crushed morocco, all edges gilt, with original backstrip and upper panel of cloth binding preserved on rear pastedowns. Gift inscription dated 1878 on half title. Binding lightly scuffed and marked, faint shadow of bookplate removed from front pastedown, occasional light foxing, but generally attractive and presents nicely.
ß First edition, illustrations by John Leech. This extremely popular work was originally published serially by the Punch Office from 1846-1847. Gilbert Abbott ¿ Beckett (1811-1856) was a comic writer and police magistrate, The Comic History of England is one of his best known and widely reprinted works. His friends and contemporaries including Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, George Cruikshank, Sheridan Knowles, and others.
8vo, 2 vols. in 1: xviii, 320; 304 pp. Title-page printed in black and red, complete with 10 hand-colored steel engravings and numerous in-text wood engravings in each volume, including frontispieces. Full tan crushed morocco, all edges gilt, with original backstrip and upper panel of cloth binding preserved on rear pastedowns. Gift inscription dated 1878 on half title. Binding lightly scuffed and marked, faint shadow of bookplate removed from front pastedown, occasional light foxing, but generally attractive and presents nicely.
ß First edition, illustrations by John Leech. This extremely popular work was originally published serially by the Punch Office from 1846-1847. Gilbert Abbott ¿ Beckett (1811-1856) was a comic writer and police magistrate, The Comic History of England is one of his best known and widely reprinted works. His friends and contemporaries including Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, George Cruikshank, Sheridan Knowles, and others.
Details
Title
The Comic History of England
Author
¿ Beckett, Gilbert Abbot
Condition
Unknown
Date
1855