CARICATURE HISTORY OF THE GEORGES
by WRIGHT, Thomas
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WRIGHT, Thomas. CARICATURE HISTORY OF THE GEORGES. Or, annals of the House of Hanover, compiled from the squibs, broadsides, window pictures, lampoons, and pictorial caricatures of the time. London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, [1867]. Large paper edition, one of an unspecified number (possibly 100 according to some library records) printed for subscribers only. Illustrated "with nearly four hundred illustrations on steel and wood", of which 13 are full page engravings, one of which is colored, while the rest are small wood-engraved spot illustrations sprinkled throughout the text, plus two additional full-page engraved portraits of James Gilray, the caricaturist, and of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. [iii]-xiiii, [1], 639 pp. Octavo, 24 x 18 cm, bound in three-quarter red morocco with matching red cloth sides, marbled endpapers. Binding shows a bit of edgewear and has darkened on spine. Half-title lacking. The frontispiece and title-page are foxed, light offset from full-page plates to facing text pages, else clean and in very good condition overall. This is the second edition of "England under the Hanovers." (BMC 17, p. 190).
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...