Lot 35
Atkinson (John Augustus).- Beresford (James) The Miseries of Human Life..., 2 vol., extra-illustrated with 17 folding hand-coloured aquatints by Atkinson, contemporary half calf, 8vo, 1807.
Hammer Price: £240
Description
Atkinson (John Augustus).- Beresford (Rev. James) The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans [and Last Groans] of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy..., 2 vol., eighth edition of vol.1, second edition vol.2, 2 folding stipple-engraved frontispieces by Edward Scriven after Beresford (short tears repaired), folding playbill (torn at fold), woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with 17 folding hand-coloured aquatints by John Augustus Atkinson (vignette title and 16 plates), light offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary half mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, 1807.
*⁂ Comprising Beresford's original text with the addition of Atkinson's separately-issued Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched, [Abbey Life 259].
Description
Atkinson (John Augustus).- Beresford (Rev. James) The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans [and Last Groans] of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy..., 2 vol., eighth edition of vol.1, second edition vol.2, 2 folding stipple-engraved frontispieces by Edward Scriven after Beresford (short tears repaired), folding playbill (torn at fold), woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with 17 folding hand-coloured aquatints by John Augustus Atkinson (vignette title and 16 plates), light offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary half mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, 1807.
*⁂ Comprising Beresford's original text with the addition of Atkinson's separately-issued Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched, [Abbey Life 259].
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