Humorous

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  • Category = Humorous
  • HILARIOUS SATIRE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    The English Spy. by BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pen name of) WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy
    BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pen name of) WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy
    The English Spy.

    London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1825-26. 2 volume set, 9 1/2 inches tall. Bound in superb full crushed morocco by William Brown of Edinburgh with gilt raised bands and panels framed within a series of gilt pallets. First edition, first issue. Triple gilt fillets frame the boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. With the armorial bookplate of shipowner R Cyril Lockett. Decorated with 72 hilarious hand-coloured aquatints by Robert Cruikshank. With the scarce woodcut. There is a faint stain on the lower board of the second volume, otherwise a pristine example of this great comic work subtitled " An original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising scene and sketches in every rank of Society, being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric and Notorious.

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