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The comic history of England / by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett ; with ten coloured etchings and one hundred and twenty woodcuts by John Leech

Catalog Data

Author:
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott 1811-1856  Search this
Ill:
Leech, John 1817-1864  Search this
Former owner:
Burr, Arthur DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Hutt, Charles DSI  Search this
Binder:
Tout DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., [20] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Humor
Anecdotes
Caricatures and cartoons
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1847
1848
1847-1848
Notes:
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers"--Verso of t.p.
Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.
Plates accompanied by blank guard sheets.
Collation: v.1: xii, 320 p., [10] leaves of plates; v.2: xii, 304 p., [10] leaves of plates.
Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 295-296
Topic:
English wit and humor  Search this
History  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Call number:
DA33 .A2 1847
DA33 .A13 1847
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_459719