CAREY, David. Life in Paris; comprising the rambles, sprees, and amours, of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian celebrity, and his bang-up companions ... Embellished by twenty one plates ... by George Cruikshank. LARGE PAPER COPY. John Fairburn. 1822
Hand coloured front. & 20 further hand-coloured plates, vignette title, illus. 23.5 x 15cm. Handsomely bound by Rivière in 20th century full red crushed morocco, triple ruled gilt borders, elaborate gilt dentelles, sympathetically rebacked in sl. darker red morocco, compartments in gilt. Booklabel of William George Smith.
¶Cohn 109, the first edition in book form. Originally issued in 21 parts and subsequently in illustrated boards in large and small paper copies. Although a small number of large paper copies were issued in, and subsequently bound from, the parts, there are no stab holes in this copy to indicate that this was the case here. A humorous illustrated sketch of Parisian life published in imitation of Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821) also illustrated by George Cruikshank together with his brother Isaac Robert.
Stock #77294
£850
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