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Sixteen Scenes taken from "The Miseries of Human Life" by one of the Wretched by [ATKINSON, JOHN AUGUSTUS, ILLUSTRATED BY]
London: Wm. Miller, 1807. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards Rubbed, extremities worn but internally very good -the plates are clean the hand colouring fresh Oblong quarto, (158 x 195mm), unpaginated. 16 handcoloured plates on recto with acompanying texts on opposite page. Hand coloured vignette on title page The text accompanying the engravings are taken from James Beresford's Miseries of Human Life. Although better known as a serious painter, Atkinson was a contemporary of Gillray and Rowlandson, in these lively engravings Atkinson shows himself to be a sharp social satirist and cartoonist. Copac lists copies at the British Library, Oxford Cambridge and the V&A library
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- Format/binding: Contemporary half calf, marbled boards
- Book condition: Rubbed, extremities worn but internally very good -the plates are clean the hand colouring fresh
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Wm. Miller,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1807.
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