Description

2 volumes. First Edition with these Illustrations, and a new edition with an autobiographical instroduction, explanatory notes, and numerous illustrations on wood and steel. Complete with 38 full-page plates on steel and illustrations throughout the text on wood. The illustrations are by the most important artists of the day, Phiz, Harvey, Franklin, Macmanus, Gilbert and others of eminence. 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter green crushed morocco over green cloth covered boards, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with triple gilt ruled panels, central ornamental tools of shamrocks, two compartments lettered in gilt, the joins at the covers double gilt ruled, marbled endleaves, top edges gilt, original cloth covers and spine panels bound in at the end of each volume. xxiv,427, [4 ads.]; [viii], 430, [2 ads.] pp. A handsome copy, the bindings strong and tight, the text-blocks clean, the plates all in very well preserved condition, a bit of rubbing to the hinges.