The comic history of England
Title
The comic history of England
Alternative Title
Full title: The comic history of England / by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett ; with ten coloured etchings and one hundred and twenty woodcuts by John Leech.
Creator
Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, 1811-1856.
Publisher
[London] : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street. Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars.
Date
MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLVIII [1847-1848]
Format
2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Description
1st ed.
Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.
Illustrated with 20 colored etched plates, 35 wood engraved initials, t.p. vignettes, and 164 textual vignettes after Leech.
Plates hand colored as issued.
Library's copy bound together in one volume; each volume retains separate title pages, but lack half title pages.
Half-titles in red; title pages in red & black, with vignette.
Illustrated with 20 colored etched plates, 35 wood engraved initials, t.p. vignettes, and 164 textual vignettes after Leech.
Plates hand colored as issued.
Library's copy bound together in one volume; each volume retains separate title pages, but lack half title pages.
Provenance
Bookplate inside front cover: James Charles Arkwright.
Presented by: Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Presented by: Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Contributor
Leech, John, 1817-1864, illustrator.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
DA33 .A12 1847 v. 001-002
Files
Collection
Citation
Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, 1811-1856., “The comic history of England,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 27, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/131.