Price: $245.00
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Very Good
Green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt blind-stamped decorations and titles. All edges gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Trace of foxing. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; xii, 308 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm A few book-dealer notes and small ownership name on front endpages. [no date c1852]------ Illustrations by John Leech: 10 hand-colored plates and numerous wood engravings. ------- First Edition, First Printing.---- ------Irreverent recounting of British and Roman histories with illustrations. The style of writing was uncommon this early in the 19th century.-----the Preface states, "to blend amusement with instruction by serving up, in as palatable a shape as [the author] could, the facts of English [and, later, Roman] history." Writer Becket worked with illustrator Leech on the staff of the poplar and influential humor magazine Punch, mainly burlesques and farces. REF: Bodl: 011680456; Abbey Life 435; Knutz Watson, 1142.
Title: The Comic History of Rome
Illustrator: Leech, John
Categories: 19th CENTURY LITERATURE and WORKS, GEOGRAPHY & WORLD HISTORY,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: London, Bradbury, Evans, and CO.: 1852
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Type: Book
Seller ID: 008258
Keywords: Rome -- History - Humor,