BEGGARS -- A Collection of 24 pen-and-ink drawings of beggars, mounted on stiff paper, captions to most of them in ink and pencil. London: c.1840. 4° (228 x 153mm. including margins). (Many a little yellowed.) 19th-century half roan (foot of spine defective, corners slightly worn).

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