Title: SONGS, | NAVAL AND NATIONAL, | OF THE LATE | CHARLES DIBDIN; | WITH A MEMOIR | AND | ADDENDA. | COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY | THOMAS DIBDIN, | AUTHOR OF “THE ENGLISH FLEET,” CABINET,” &c. &c. | WITH CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES BY | GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. | LONDON: | JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. | (PUBLISHED TO THE ADMIRALTY) | 1841.||

Pagination: [4 binder's blanks] [i-vi] vii-xv [xvi advert.], [1] 2-336 [4 binder's blanks], engraved frontispiece and 11 plates by George Cruikshank.

Collation: 8vo; [A] – Y8.

Binding: brown ¾ morocco, ruled in gilt over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, raised bands, gilt in compartments, top margin gilt, title lettering and year to spine, by V. Krafft. Bookplate to front pastedown “Ex Libris Robert Hoe”.

Provenance: HOE, Robert III (American, 1839-1909) – American businessman and producer of printing press equipment.

Catalogue raisonné: Albert M. Cohn (1924): № 231, p. 75.

Makers:

Charles Dibdin the younger (British, 1768—1833) – author.

Thomas John Dibdin (British, 1771—1841) – author.

William Clowes (British, 1779—1847), printer.

John Murray III (British, 1808—1892), publisher.

George Cruikshank (British, 1792—1878), artist, emgraver.

Additional Information

Collection Illustrated books , Library
Type / Purpose Book
Period Mid-19th century
Country Great Britain
Language English
Subject Ballads , Biography , English , Memoirs , Poetry , Sea songs
Media/Technique Copper engraving , Etching , Paper
Creation / Publishing year 1841
Edition 1st edition
Binding 3/4 calf , Hardcover
Size 17.2 x 11.5 cm
Catalogue raisonne Albert M. Cohn (1924)
Acquisition year 2021

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