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INGOLDSBY, Thomas [BARHAM, The Rev.]

INGOLDSBY, Thomas [BARHAM, The Rev.]

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. Carmine Edition.

INGOLDSBY LEGENDS WITH SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING
London: Richard Bentley, 1867.
8vo (8" tall). Full blue crushed morocco by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Very pretty binding with gilt raised bands, fine gilt tooling to the panels, incorporating fine centre tools, gilt dentelles and all edges. With a compliments slip signed by Sutcliffe tipped in.
A handsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding, beautifully illustrated with full page engravings by renowned Victorian illustrators Cruikshank and Leech. The Reverend Barham published his hugely popular Ingoldsby Legends under a pseudonym, possibly to avoid the charges of irreverence made against his lively and humorous work.
£240.00

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