![[HARVEY, William Henry (1796-1866)]. Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1868]. 4° (272 x 225mm). 12 chromolithographic maps after Harvey. (Half-title slightly soiled, some light spotting, map of Ireland with small marginal stain.) Original red cloth with map of Prussia mounted on front cover (spine restored, covers soiled and worn at extremities).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04826_0142_000(harvey_william_henry_geographical_fun_being_humorous_outlines_of_vario095439).jpg?w=1)
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[HARVEY, William Henry (1796-1866)]. Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1868]. 4° (272 x 225mm). 12 chromolithographic maps after Harvey. (Half-title slightly soiled, some light spotting, map of Ireland with small marginal stain.) Original red cloth with map of Prussia mounted on front cover (spine restored, covers soiled and worn at extremities).
The introduction describes these caricature maps as the work of a 'young lady ... in her fifteenth year'; the introduction itself and accompanying four lines of verse beneath each map are ascribed to 'Aleph' on the title-page. But the book was in fact a posthumous work by William Harvey, wood-engraver, illustrator and writer of verse for children.
The introduction describes these caricature maps as the work of a 'young lady ... in her fifteenth year'; the introduction itself and accompanying four lines of verse beneath each map are ascribed to 'Aleph' on the title-page. But the book was in fact a posthumous work by William Harvey, wood-engraver, illustrator and writer of verse for children.