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A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). The Comic History of England. London: Bradbury and Evans for Punch, 1847-48. -- The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury and Evans, [1851].
Together 3 volumes, 8o (217 x 138 mm). Half-titles. England: 20 hand-colored engraved plates and numerous wood engravings in text by John Leech. Rome: 10 hand-colored engraved plates, wood engraved pictorial title and numerous wood engravings in text by Leech. (Some occasional pale spotting.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, by Riviere. Provenance: Edward Lock Tomlin (armorial bookplates) -- H. Harvey Frost (bookplates) -- Alfred Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library (bookplates) -- purchased from W. & G. Foyle, London, 7 October 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS. Field 130 and 169; Ray England 136; Tooley 295 and 298. A FINE SET. (3)
Together 3 volumes, 8o (217 x 138 mm). Half-titles. England: 20 hand-colored engraved plates and numerous wood engravings in text by John Leech. Rome: 10 hand-colored engraved plates, wood engraved pictorial title and numerous wood engravings in text by Leech. (Some occasional pale spotting.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, by Riviere. Provenance: Edward Lock Tomlin (armorial bookplates) -- H. Harvey Frost (bookplates) -- Alfred Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library (bookplates) -- purchased from W. & G. Foyle, London, 7 October 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS. Field 130 and 169; Ray England 136; Tooley 295 and 298. A FINE SET. (3)