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16mo. 16cm, first Cruikshank illustrated edition, xxxvi,(errata slip),403p., engraved frontis portrait, 4 engraved plates after Cruikshank, in full crimson crushed morocco, raised bands, double gilt ruled borders in the panels, gilt spine titles, double ruled borders on the boards, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, slipcase, in beautiful fine signed binding by "Bayntun, Binder, Bath, Eng.", in fine bright condition. (cgc) The first edition of the Cruikshank illustrated "Humphry Clinker", complete in one volume. In beautiful fine bindings signed "Bayntun Binder, Bath, Eng.". The frontispiece portrait is of Smollett, engraved by Freeman. A fine copy of Smollett's satirical novel of English social life appropriately illustrated with Cruikshank's satirical caricatures. Published in London on 17 June 1771 (just three months before Smollett's death), and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work.
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