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Comic History of England & Rome Leech plates
Comic History of England & Rome Leech plates
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Description
Heading: (Leech, John)
Author: A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
Title: The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome
Place Published: London
Publisher:Bradbury, Evans, and Co
Date Published: c.1870
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  • The Comic History of England. 2 volumes in 1. [iii]-xv, [1], 320; 304 pp. (bound without the half-titles and the title-page to the 2nd volume). With 20 hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, wood-engravings in the text.


  • The Comic History of Rome. [iii]-xii, 308 pp. (bound without the half-title). With 10 hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, wood-engravings in the text.



Together, 3 volumes bound in 2. 21.3x13.2 cm. (8½x5¼"), later ¾ gilt-ruled green levant morocco & cloth, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.



Handsome set of the classic collaborations between Gilbert A'Beckett and John Leech, the latter's most recognized illustrated work. Ownership signatures of E. Humphreys, dated 1871, to front flyleaves.

Condition
Fine copies with just a touch of shelf wear, slight scrape to rear cover of Rome.
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