London: Collected and Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1824. The Golden Age of English Sporting Color-Plate Books A Monumental Regency Collection of Henry Alken’s Finest Sporting & Humorous Designs Over 320 Hand-Colored Plates in Three Elephant Folio Volumes ALKEN, Henry. A Collection of Sporting and Humorous Designs, Comprising A Variety of..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1822. Johnny Newcome Returns: The Soldier’s Comic Progress A Spirited Sequel to the Celebrated Naval Satire - With Fine Cruikshank Plates [MITFORD, John]. My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment. A Poem. By a Staff Officer. London: Printed for J...... More
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Cruikshank Unbound: The Artist’s Own Comic Magazine A Landmark of Victorian Graphic Humor - One Hundred Illustrations First Edition, Finely Bound by Wallis [CRUIKSHANK, George]. George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard. London: Tilt and Bogue..... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1821. "Indeed, the Taste for it Amounted to a Craze" EGAN, Pierce. [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. Life In London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian..... More
London: Printed for W. Wright, 1820. Syntax Abroad: The Grotesque Tourist in Paris A Spirited Imitation of the Rowlandson - Combe Tradition, with Fine Hand-Colored Aquatints [COMBE, William]. Doctor Syntax in Paris or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque. A Humorous & Satirical Poem. London: Printed for W. Wright..... More
London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. “The Life of an Actor” - Theatrical Life in the Age of Kean Pierce Egan’s Celebrated Portrait of the Stage, Richly Illustrated EGAN, Pierce. The Life of an Actor… Dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with Twenty-Seven Characteristic..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. Thomas Rowlandson’s “Dance of Life” [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Dance of Life, A Poem, by the Author of “Doctor Syntax;” Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, by Thomas Rowlandson. London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. First edition. Octavo..... More
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London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. First edition, first issue, with p. 1 reading “Chapter I” and..... More
![Item #06522 Comic History of England, The [and] The Comic History of Rome. Gilbert Abbott...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06522_387.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776383702)
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1872. Leech at His Most Celebrated The Comic History of England & Rome - The Great Victorian Satirical Chronicles [LEECH, John, illustrator]. A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts. By John Leech. London: Bradbury, Agnew, &..... More
![Item #06521 English Dance of Death, The …[And:] The Dance of Life…. Thomas ROWLANDSON,...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06521_410.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776383702)
London: Printed by J. Diggins; Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1815. Rowlandson at His Zenith The English Dance of Death & The Dance of Life - The Great Ackermann Color-Plate Masterpieces [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with..... More
: , 1840. A Unique and Complete Album of 121 Grotesque Watercolors An Extraordinary Satirical Cycle Concluding with “Finis” [CARICATURE]. Grotesque Sketches by Uncle Walpole. Taken down from the walls of his late dwelling The Hermitage. 1840. Veluti in Speculum [As in a mirror]. England, ca. 1840–1847. Large folio (21..... More
![Item #05199 [A Distinguished Caricature Album]. Thomas ROWLANDSON, James GILLRAY, William AUSTIN,...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05199.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759788979)
London: W.Humphrey; James Bretherton, Robert Wilkinson, S & H Oddy etc., 1770. A Distinguished Caricature Album Vividly Documenting The Political Ferment of the American War of Independence Rowlandson, Gillray, Austin, Bunbury, et al. ROWLANDSON, Thomas; GILLRAY, James; AUSTIN, William; BUNBURY, Henry William; and others. [A Distinguished Caricature Album]. An album..... More
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London: H. Angelo, 1799. A Superb Example in A Contemporary Binding With the Extra Plate "The Guards…" and the Original Pen, Ink & Watercolor for the Nineteenth Plate [ROWLANDSON, T[homas], illustrator. [ANGELO, Henry]. Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword. Twenty Four Plates, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, under the Direction..... More
![Item #06236 Caricatures Anglaises [cover title]. Thomas ROWLANDSON, George Moutard WOODWARD](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06236_106.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1751326540)
London: Ackermann & Fores, 1790. A Wonderful Rowlandson, Woodward & Nixon Album Containing Twenty-Five Superb Hand Colored Etched Plates ROWLANDSON, Thomas. [WOODWARD, George Moutard]. [NIXON, John]. Caricatures Anglaises [cover title]. London: 1790-1814. Folio (18 x 12 7/8 inches; 457 x 327 mm.). A splendid collection of twelve large hand-colored etched..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1817. Henry Alken's Easter Monday [ALKEN, Henry]. Easter Monday. By Ben Tally Ho. London: S. & J. Fuller, April 7, 1817. First edition. Oblong folio (16 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches; 425 x 571 mm). Comprising a printed title and two hand-colored engraved plates depicting..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. With the Exceptionally Rare Hand Colored "Suppressed Portrait of John Jorrocks SURTEES, Robert Smith. BROWNE, Hablot Knight, aka. PHIZ, illustrator. Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities. Being the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, of St..... More
London: Printed by W. Lewis… for Thomas McLean, 1822. "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" (Schwerdt) ALKEN, Henry [and] BARENGER, James, illustrators. The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism [and] Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects, interspersed with essays..... More
London: Pubd.… at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1800. Hand Colored Etched Title and Nineteen Hand-Colored Etched “Caricatures of the Passions” [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, and WOODWARD, George Moutard, illustrators]. Le Brun Travested. Or Caricatures of the Passions. Design’d by G.M. Woodward. and Etch’d by T. Rowlandson. London: Pubd.…at R. Ackermann's Repository..... More
London: S. and J. Fuller, 1822. Eleven (of Twelve) Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Illustrating Henry Pyne's The Social Club PYNE, William Henry. [The Social Club: Consisting of a Series of Stories; and Accompanied by Humourous Prints of each Subject, Engraved and Coloured in Imitation of the Original Drawings, Made..... More
![Item #06069 Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were… [&] Hunting, or Six Hours'...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06069_99.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1741816947)
London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823. Newcomers to the Meltonian Hunt who Dress like Dandies and have no Thought for their Horses "A Very Rare Series, Amongst the Largest and Finest of Alken's Plates." (Tooley) ALKEN, Henry. Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were… By..... More
![Item #05692 24 Caricatures by Several Ladies Gentlemen Artists &c. [&] Caricatures Macaronies &...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05692_0001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739577396)
[London] No. 39 Strand: M. Darly, 1771. Ninety-Six Hand Colored Etched Plates Lampooning Contemporary Fashion and Manners Scarce Ladies and Macaronies depicted by Mary Darly, the Mother of Pictorial Satire DARLY, Mary, and Matthew. 24 Caricatures by Several Ladies, Gentlemen, Artists &c. 1771. [&] Vol II of Caricatures, Macaronies &..... More
London: Tho.s McLean, 1823. "Scenes in the Life of Master George" ALKEN, Henry. [Scenes in the Life of Master George]. London: Thos. McLean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 260 x 352 mm.). Twelve superb hand colored soft-ground etched plates..... More
London: Allen & West, 1796. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. CRUIKSHANK, Isaac, illustrators. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1811. One of the Rarest of all the Thomas Rowlandson Items "These Delicate Engravings show Various Fictional Characters taken from Various Ranks of Society" ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [Twelfth Night Characters, in Twenty-Four Figures]. London: [Thomas Tegg, Cheapside, 1811]. Twelvemo (3 7/16 x 2 1/4 inches; 88 x...... More
London: Thos. McLean, 1835. The Progress of a Midshipman Eight Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, engraver. [MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator]. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece. London: Thos. McLean, Aug 1st 1835. First edition, [third state..... More
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