The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, By Doctor Syntax

The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, By Doctor Syntax

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Publisher

T. Tegg, Wm. Allison and J. Dick

Author

[Combe, William]

Illustrator

Cruikshank, George

Reference

1097

[2], 260pp, untrimmed in original boards with original paper label to spine. Rebacked with original spine laid on, splits to spine but holding, corners bumped and worn, edges worn. Internally lightly browned, some off-setting from plates, some light foxing, occasionally heavier, especially signatures M and Q, but not too obtrusive. With a hand-coloured aquatint title and twenty-nine plates by George Cruikshank. From the library of Albert M. Cohn, with his heraldic bookplate and shelf-number label to front pastedown. Housed in a later blue cloth chemise, with Cohn's Cruikshank bookplate of 'Connoisseurs at a Book Stall' and his small address label. Cohn 153; Tooley 151 and Abbey Life 356 (though in pink boards)

Period

8vo

Year

Good

Binding

Original Boards

Publish Place

London

Publish Year

1815

Edition

First Edition

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