Lear (Edward) A Book of Nonsense, second edition, 72 lithographed illustrations with 5-line limerick caption, bookplate of Dr. G. Bell and his typed notes laid down on upper cover verso, a few pp. trimmed at head, some spotting, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, expertly recased and rebacked, upper cover trimmed, light spotting, extremities slightly rubbed, overall excellent, [Noakes 73b], 8vo, T. McLean, [1855].
⁂ Scarce edition.
Printed in a very small edition of between 250 and 500 copies, this privately printed second edition preceded the first trade edition (i.e. third edition) by nearly a decade. The second edition has the same plates as the first edition of 1846, and only these first two editions were printed with lithographic plates. The second edition has the captions in five lines as opposed to three in the first edition. Both the first and the second editions contains three illustrations which were suppressed in subsequent editions.
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