The Comic History of England.; OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome

London: Punch, 1847. First. hardcover. very good. John Leech. 19 (of 20) hand-colored etchings, 200 woodcuts by John Leech. 2 volumes. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco by Riviere (attractive but spines crudely shellacked, lacking half-titles). London, 1847-1848. OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome. 10 colored plates, 98 text illustrations. 308 pages. 8vo, bound as above. London, no date. (1851). 3 volumes in all. Internally fine.

The first editions of both works, of which the Comic History of Rome is rarer. One plate in the History of England is loose, and has evidently been supplied from another copy, while the Royal Oak plate is lacking altogether. Tooley, pp. 161-2.