1828 ❧ Cruikshank's copy with his signature. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. 1792-1878. Illustrations to Punch and Judy, drawn and engraved by George Cruikshank. London: for Septimus Prowett, 1828. 8vo (256 x 165 mm). 24 etched plates (with engraving) on India paper, each mounted on heavy laid paper. Without the four woodcuts on a single folded sheet mentioned in Cohn, a few mounts slightly foxed, some mounts darkened at extreme edges. Loose as issued in original printed board folder. Rebacked, covers rubbed; cloth slipcase. Provenance: George Cruikshank (signature on front cover, dated 1828); Albert M. Cohn (shelf label and bookplate); William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate); Robert Norton Ganz (bookplate). CRUIKSHANK'S OWN SET OF THE VERY RARE INDIA PROOFS. It later entered the legendary collection of Albert M. Cohn, the preeminent Cruikshank bibliographer and author of the definitive 1924 catalogue raisonné, bearing his bookplate and shelf label. The volume also carries the bookplates of two other distinguished collectors: William Hartmann Woodin, the prominent American industrialist and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and noted book collector Robert Norton Ganz. ''India proofs' seem to have been unknown to both [Douglas and Reid] ... copies are of rarity' (Cohn 150 note). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing