The Ingoldsby legends.

by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq by Richard Harris Barham, Rev

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First edition

London: Richard Bentley, 1852. Fifth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt decorated spines; a fine, bright set, with engraved title pages and 19 engraved plates after George Cruikshank and John Leech. See Cohn 50 for a description of the first edition of each series, issued in 1840, 1842, and 1847 respectively. Although he was continually throwing off humorous verse with great freedom and spirit, The Ingoldsby Legends would probably never have

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