The Comic History of England AND Rome. Illustrated by Leech. In Monthly Parts. Two Volumes. Complete.

(LEECH, JOHN) A? BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT:

Published by London, Punch Office (Bradbury, Agnew & Co.) 1846 1st (England), 1851 1st (Rome)

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Two Volumes. Original monthly issues bound in blue paper covers, with black printed lettering and vignettes. Adverts to rears. In later fine red morocco leather slipcase bindings by ?W. Zucker, Philadelphia.? In very good conditions. With very good box cases. (Cases with some minor handling marks, some rubbing around bottoms of spines/edges. Original blue paper covers in very good condition. Some minor darkening and rubbing to edges, rear cover torn and detached on part 1: Rome. A couple of neat inscriptions to top edges of covers, some are rubbed out. Some minor tanning and occasional minor handling marks to pages, some minor offsetting adjacent colour plates. Else an excellent set. England: No?s 1-20 in 19 parts, (No?s XIX & XX bound together.) Rome: No?s 1-10 in 9 parts (IX & X bound together). Illustrated with 30 hand-coloured engraved plates (20 & 10 respectively.) And many smaller B&W illustrations in text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Comic History of England AND Rome. Illustrated by Leech. In Monthly Parts. Two Volumes. Complete.
• Publisher: London, Punch Office (Bradbury, Agnew & Co.) 1846 1st (England), 1851 1st (Rome)
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