14th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Cruikshank (George, & John Leech, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1840-7. 3 volumes, 8vo, later 19th-century blue-green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, half-titles, title-paged in red and black, 17 etched plates, 2 engraved portraits, original cloth covers and spines bound in, scrape to volume 3 front board,
Leech (John, illustrator). The Comic English Grammar, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1840. 8vo, later 19th-century tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, half-title, etched frontispiece in two states (coloured and uncoloured), original cloth covers and spine bound in,
ibid. The Comic Latin Grammar, 1st edition, London: Charles Tilt, 1840. 8vo, later 19th-century tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, 8 etched plates including frontispiece, no half-title (not called for by register), original cloth covers and spine bound in,
ibid. The Comic History of England [and:] The Comic History of Rome, London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c.1880. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan calf gilt, 20 hand-coloured etched plates, title-pages in red and black, England bound without half-title,
the text of each work not fully collated (qty: 7)
Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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