Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes

by Edward Linley Sambourne

$9,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

London: 1874. Oblong twelvemo 3 x 5 1/2 inches; 75 x 140 mm. . Hand colored manuscript title-page and 59 original pen and ink hand-drawn satirical cartoons after images produced in Punch magazine, one dated January 1874. A fine Persian style lacquer 'wallet' binding ca. 1874, original purple velvet spine expertly restored, original silver clasp. Housed in a red felt lined quarter black morocco over pale green cloth clamshell case, spine with five raised bands,

• Binding: Leather

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