Lot 133
Gillray (James) The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., [c. 1818-1824].
Hammer Price: £4,800
Description
Gillray (James) The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., title with ornamental border, 87 plates, etchings with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some with aquatint, 4 folding and mounted on stubs but with tears and splits to old folds and margins, some crude repairs verso, with 'Pigs Possessed' split entirely along central vertical fold, title foxed, otherwise some occasional spotting, browning and surface dirt to plates, occasional minor offsetting, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine with title in gilt and dated 'ca. 1818', rather worn and rubbed, oblong small folio with bronze clip, John Miller... Rodwell & Martin [and] William Blackwood, Edinburgh, [c. 1818-24]
Provenance:
Edward Goulburn Esq. [bookplate to inside upper cover]
Description
Gillray (James) The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., title with ornamental border, 87 plates, etchings with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some with aquatint, 4 folding and mounted on stubs but with tears and splits to old folds and margins, some crude repairs verso, with 'Pigs Possessed' split entirely along central vertical fold, title foxed, otherwise some occasional spotting, browning and surface dirt to plates, occasional minor offsetting, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine with title in gilt and dated 'ca. 1818', rather worn and rubbed, oblong small folio with bronze clip, John Miller... Rodwell & Martin [and] William Blackwood, Edinburgh, [c. 1818-24]
Provenance:
Edward Goulburn Esq. [bookplate to inside upper cover]