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[DARTON, William I (1755-1819)] Little Jack of All Trades, with suitable representations. Part I [II]. London: printed and sold by Darton and Harvey. 1806 [1810]. 2 volumes. 12° (156 x 97mm). Each collating: A.2, and having a copper engraved title-page vignette and 22 illustrations printed on sheets of letterpress text. One plate in volume I dated Sept. 17, 1804; one in volume II dated June 12, 1805. Yellow paper covers with letterpress titling (not uniform, with volume II printed on thinner paper, grubby, with some tears, the back cover torn at top and bottom). Provenance: Volume I W. Titmarsh 1842 (inscription). David p.20 (edition of 1804, 1806); Osborne I p.114 (integral 1806 set). -- [William DARTON I]. The Rational Exhibition. London. Published for Harvey and Darton,...and William Darton...1824. 12° (164 x 97mm). Engraved title-page and 22 copper engravings, printed on sheets of letterpress text. Pink paper wrappers with letterpress titling on front, advertisements on back (stained, grubby, with added side-stitching). David p.19, contrasting it with the first edition of 1800 and noting the unusual presence of Samuel Darton's name on the final engraving.
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