Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1921
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/496
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    142 CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE AND ROBERT) LONDON CHARACTERS, LARGE PAPER, @ series of 24 coloured plates, designed and etched by G. and R. Cruikshank, inserted are the original drawings of The Sailor and The Greenwich Pensioner by R.°C. and a drawing by A. lf. Gough of the Brewer's Drayman as Jrontispiece, the title is a reproduction in photo-lithography, Mr. Truman’s notes loosely inserted, green morocco, panelled gilt back, g.t. other edges uncut, by Riviere, a fine copy 4to. J. Robins, 1829 *.* Mr. Bruton in his notes on fly-leaf says: “ This is the only uncut large-paper set of London Characters known to me.” 143. Cruikshank (Robert) Seven Illustrations to Monsieur Tonson [by John Taylor], proofs on india paper, with a copy of the werk (em. 8v0) inlaid, inserted at page 10 ts a coloured illustration by G. Cruikshank from The Humourist, dark green morocco plain, inside dentelles, g.e. by Riviere sm. 4to. Marsh and Miller, n.d. {1830| N.B.—for other Crurkshank items, see lots 5-17, 20, 24, 25, 36-9, 41-2, 49, 50, 85, 101, 103-6, 149-155, 157, 167-174, 180, 194, 223, 253-4, 264, 270, 272, 279, 285, 287-291, 294, 299, 301-3, 306-8, 311, 318, 323, 325-6, 331, 340, 342, 350, 360, 378-81, 386-412. 144 Cunningham (Peter) Story of Nell Gwyn, FIRST EDITION, /7cntis- piece and woodcut illustrations, original clcth er. &vo. 1852 145 Davenport (Cyril) Mezzotints, ove of 50 copies printed on Japanese vellum, portraits and views, limp vellum 4to. 1904 146 [Dickens (Charles) | Sunday under Three Heads, by Timothy Sparks, FIRST EDITION, vignette title and 3 plates by “ Phiz” |H. K. Browne], original covers, enclosed in a folding cloth case, lettered 12mo. Chapman and Hall, 1836 147. ~+Dickens (C.) Sunday under Three Heads, facsimile reprint, original wrappers; The Village Coquettes, /acsimile reprint, original wrappers; Extraordinary Gazette from Bentley’s Miscellany, 2 71. with woodcut containing portrait of Dickens by“ Phiz” [1837] : Parley’s Penny Library, vol. I, containing Barnaby Rudge, cloth, [1841] Svo. etc. (4) 148 DicKxens (C.) THe VILLAGE CoQuETTES, a Comic Opera, FIRST EDITION, a stamp erased from title, red morocco, panelled gilt back, inside dentelles, uncut, by Riviere 8vo. Richard Bentley, 1836 149 [Droxens (C.)] Skercnes sy “ Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People, BOTH SERIES, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol. with advertisements at the end of the second series, plates by G. Crutk- shank, original cloth, enclosed in open cloth cases, lettered cr. 8v0o. John Macrone, 1836-7 . Inserted, at front of vol-l is an A: £)s.(1p.) trom G. C. to J. Macrone. ‘The second series is the earliest issue with the two plates, which appeared for the first time in the second edition in- serted, also duplicates of four plates on india paper.
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