Life in London, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis

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36 magnificent hand colored aquatint plates and 21 wood engravings by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank. 3 folding leaves of music sheets (6 pages). xvi, 376 pages, top edge gilt, 8vo, full burgundy crushed levant by Root & Son. Hinges on both covers have been strengthened. Ornately gilt spine with varied designs, front cover has a gilt image of 2 men boxing in a ring, inner dentelles, marbled end papers. London: Sherwood Neely, 1821. First Edition. Second issue, with footnote on page 9 and the first leaf of music unnumbered. Very good (+). The 1821 bestseller that influenced W.M. Thackeray and Charles Dickens. Tooley 196. Very clean and bright copy. Cohn 262; Abbey, Life 281; Prideaux p. 307, 10, 35; Tooley 196. N° de ref. del artículo 316160

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