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London : Bradbury & Agnew, 1847. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Scattereed, minor, marginal foxing. Finely and sumptuously bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Divided into 2 sections with seperate pagination. Subjects; Great Britain - History - Outlines, syllabi, etc. Great Britain - History - Anecdotes. Colour (perceived attribute) etchings (prints) - England - 1847-1848. Referenced by: Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 295-296. Title page in red & black, with added vignette.

London, Punch Office (Bradbury, Agnew & Co.) 1846 1st (England), 1851 1st (Rome). Two Volumes. Original monthly issues bound in blue paper covers, with black printed lettering and vignettes. Adverts to rears. In later fine red morocco leather slipcase bindings by “W. Zucker, Philadelphia.” In very good conditions. With very good box cases. (Cases with some minor handling marks, some rubbing around bottoms of spines/edges. Original blue paper covers in very good condition. Some minor darkening and rubbing to edges, rear cover torn and detached on part 1: Rome. A couple of neat inscriptions to top edges of covers, some are rubbed out. Some minor tanning and occasional minor handling marks to pages, some minor offsetting adjacent colour plates. Else an excellent set. England: No’s 1-20 in 19 parts, (No’s XIX & XX bound together.) Rome: No’s 1-10 in 9 parts (IX & X bound together). Illustrated with 30 hand-coloured engraved plates (20 & 10 respectively.) And… Read More