The Club, or a Dialogue between Father and Son

London: Printed for the Proprietor by John Johnson, 1817. Very good in circa early 20th-century full levant morocco ruled in gilt, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt, by Riviere & Son. Spine a bit sunned, some rubbing to edges and extremities, front hinge cracked, some foxing and soiling within.. One of only 18 unnumbered copies on white Chinese paper, which is mounted on larger vellum paper with a Greek motif border, all within another border of vines and leaves. Extensively illustrated with woodcuts by Thurston. Kohlmetz, who provided a bibliography of Puckle's Club, referred to the copies on Chinese paper as a "most sumptuous and noble book."

4o. [4], x, [7], 96pp. [recto only]. Scarce as issued. Lowndes 2005 ("a neat edition with wood cuts by Thurston"); Chatto, Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, pg. 632 (1839); Kohlmetz 15.