The Humourist. A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprits, &c

by George Cruikshank

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first issue, with the date on the title-page of volume one , p. 44 of vol. I has second issue title of Epitaph on a Dyer but lwith the volume number and with dates on plate 7 in volume 2 and plate 4 in volume 3. No dates on plate 5, Vol1; plates 1,4,10 in Vol. II'; plate 9 in Vol. II. With 40 hand colored illustrations by George Cruikshank. 226, 2 ; 230, 2 ; 222, 2 ; 226, 2 pp. 4 vols. 12mo 157 x 950 mm. . Bound in full

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