English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. With 115 illustrations by the author.
first edition Original black cloth. Covers and spine decoratively stamped in gilt and blind.
1884 · London:
by Ashton, John
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884 First edition. Original black cloth. Covers and spine decoratively stamped in gilt and blind. . Two volumes, octavo. . Frontispiece portrait in Volume I; the remaining illustrations are cuts within the text. Corners slightly rubbed, but a remarkably fine set, with the gold very bright. Rare in this condition. The author wrote several books on English popular culture, including Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, and the Leadenhall Press publication, A History of English Lotteries. (Inventory #: 7433)