ILLUSTRATIONS TO PUNCH AND JUDY DRAWN AND ENGRAVED by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK ( Proof ILLUSTRATIONS to PUNCH AND JUDY Set in Folder ) 1828

George Cruikshank

Verlag: Septimus Prowett, London, 1828

Beschreibung

Published in London by Septimus Prowett in 1828 this is a very nice and very scarce George Cruikshank item, a collection of 23 numbered proof copperplate illustrations from George Cruikshank?s ?Punch and Judy?, plus a further unnumbered proof plate of Mr Punch, and a folding sheet of four woodcuts on thinner paper, 28 illustrations in total all loosely inserted in the quarter red leather folder with printed covers, dated 1828 Extremely scarce, only one holding found in the Institutional Library collections, and that is the one located in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library, for which their collation matches this one the covers measure 10.75 inches by 7.5 inches approx., the proof plates measure10 inches by 6.5 inches approx., the larger folding plate measures 12 inches by 9.75 inches approx. The covers are heavily browned and foxed with some edge wear, old ownership name to top edge, some loss of leather at spine ends, the original silk tie closure ribbons have broken, internally some foxing to the plates with a couple with some edge creases else in good general condition A GENERALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS EXTREMELY SCARCE CRUIKSHANK PUBLICATION. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002732

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ILLUSTRATIONS TO PUNCH AND JUDY DRAWN AND ...

Verlag: Septimus Prowett, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1828

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: George Cruikshank

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition