À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, The comic history of England , MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]
- Title(s):
The comic history of England / by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett ; with ten coloured etchings, and one hundred and twenty woodcuts by John Leech.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]
London : Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars, [1847-1848] - Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA33 .A2 1847 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1340429
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Originally issued in parts: July 1846-February, 1848.
With steel-engraved plates, and wood-engraved illustrations within the text.
Title pages are partially wood-engraved.
Cf. W.B.O. Field's John Leech on my shelves, 1930, p. 130-131.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 434
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. In original parts, (20 parts in 19). Bound in publisher's original blue paper wrappers as issued July, 1846-February, 1848. Contains publishers and trade advertisements. Cased with Abbey Life 435 : Comic history of Rome / Gilbert Abbott À Beckett. London : Punch Office, 1846.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in publisher's original blind- and gilt-stamped plum cloth. Cased with: Comic history of Rome / Gilbert Abbott À Beckett. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1852. - Subject Terms:
- English wit and humor.Great Britain -- History -- Anecdotes.Great Britain -- History -- Compendiums.Great Britain -- History -- Humor.Punch Office -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Steel engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1847-1848.
Wood engravings -- 1847-1848. - Export:
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