Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, And his Bang-up Companion, Squire Jenkins and Captain O’Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis. / By David Carey. / Embellished with Twenty One [sic] Coloured Plates, representing Scenes from Real Life, designed and engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank. Enriched also with Twenty-Two Engravings on Wood, drawn by the same Artist, and executed by Mr. White.

London: John Fairburn, 1822. Edition: First Edition, first issue., Binding: Contemporary ½ calf with marble boards, spine in five compartments of raised gilt-lined bands, gilt text on two, endpapers marbled. , Notes: Tooley notes that the “To the Binder” leaf is frequently lacking, including their Suzannet copy. However, pp. 143-4 is present in its cancelled form, but pp. 335-6 is in its uncancelled form, as described in both Cohn and Abbey. The latter notes that this is “one of the best imitations of Pierce Egan’s Life in London, 1821, which had plates by Robert and George Cruikshank…. The frontispiece or engraved title here is similar in conception to that of Life in London…. The first issue in boards has at the end the ‘To the Binder’ leaf with Marchant’s imprint.”, Size: 8vo., Illustration: Complete with twenty-one handsomely hand-coloured caricature aquatints by the famous George Cruikshank, as well as a profusion of in-text woodcuts by the same., References: Cohn 109; Tooley 129; Abbey Travel 112, Pages: P. (6), engraved title, blank, title, blank, preface v-viii, illustrations ix-xvi, contents xvii-xxiv, 1-489, blank, (6)., Category: Book Caricatures; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Literature. Final leaf with directions “To the Binder” as called for in Cohn has been removed, however it has left an offset on the adjacent page, which indicates it was present at some stage, thus making this a first issue, regardless; aside from minor offsetting to the pages facing plates, and a small tear in pp. 337-338 (not affecting text), this book is in very good condition: plates and text are clean and bright. Item #B3430

Edition: First Edition, first issue., Binding: Contemporary ½ calf with marble boards, spine in five compartments of raised gilt-lined bands, gilt text on two, endpapers marbled. , Notes: Tooley notes that the “To the Binder” leaf is frequently lacking, including their Suzannet copy. However, pp. 143-4 is present in its cancelled form, but pp. 335-6 is in its uncancelled form, as described in both Cohn and Abbey. The latter notes that this is “one of the best imitations of Pierce Egan’s Life in London, 1821, which had plates by Robert and George Cruikshank…. The frontispiece or engraved title here is similar in conception to that of Life in London…. The first issue in boards has at the end the ‘To the Binder’ leaf with Marchant’s imprint.”, Size: 8vo., Illustration: Complete with twenty-one handsomely hand-coloured caricature aquatints by the famous George Cruikshank, as well as a profusion of in-text woodcuts by the same., References: Cohn 109; Tooley 129; Abbey Travel 112, Pages: P. (6), engraved title, blank, title, blank, preface v-viii, illustrations ix-xvi, contents xvii-xxiv, 1-489, blank, (6)., Category: Book Caricatures; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Literature.

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