Woodcut pictorial title page (red and black): THE | COMIC | HISTORY | OF | ROME | By GILBERT ABBOTT À BECKETT. | ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN LEECH. | BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET. ||
Pagination: [iii-iv] – t.p. / imprint., [v]-vi – preface, [vii]-viii – contents, [ix]-xii – list of ills., [1] 2-308, lacking half-title (i-ii) otherwise as called for by Tooley (1935) p. 162.
Collation: π1 b4 B-U8 X2 plus 10 plates, incl. frontispiece, of hand-coloured steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts by John Leech.
Imprint: “LONDON: | BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.”; same in the colophon on p. 308, in one line.
Binding: 22 x 14.5 cm, full tan calf with gilt double-fillet border, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label lettered in gilt, blind-stamped dentelle inside, marbled endpapers, additional flyleaf at the end (binding similar to 2-volume “The Comic History of England” LIB-2847.2021, making three volumes in total).
Edition: 1st thus (in book form), without “and Co.” in the imprint on t.p. verso.
Catalogue raisonné: Tooley (1935) p. 162.
Catalogue raisonné: Hardie p. 210; Abbey, Life № 435, p. 365-6; Tooley (1935) p. 162.
Contributors:
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (British, 1811 – 1856) – author.
John Leech (British, 1817 – 1864) – artist.
Bradbury & Evans (Whitefriars); William Bradbury (British, 1799 – 1869); Frederick Mullett Evans (British, 1804 – 1870) – printer.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Media/Technique | Engraving , Etching , Paper , Steel engraving , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper |
| Subject | Caricature , England , English literature , English wit and humour , Fiction , Great Britain , History , Humour , Literature , Roman Empire , Rome (city) , Satire , Wit and humour |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1851 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Full calf , Hardcover |
| Size | 8vo |
| Catalogue raisonne | Abbey, J. R. (Life in England) , Hardie (English coloured books) , Tooley (Some English Books with Coloured Plates) |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |