181 pp. 20 hand-colored aquatint engravings. (8vo) 22x14 cm (9x5½"), 19th century dark green half morocco and green cloth, gilt decorations and lettering, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. First Edition. Four comic narratives by Charles Robert Forrester, probably with some help from his brother Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872), who also drew the sketches for the illustrations. The Forrester brothers used the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill both jointly and separately. With decorative bookplate of L. Wesson. Scarce, with wonderful color plates by Cruikshank.
181 pp. 20 hand-colored aquatint engravings. (8vo) 22x14 cm (9x5½"), 19th century dark green half morocco and green cloth, gilt decorations and lettering, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. First Edition. Four comic narratives by Charles Robert Forrester, probably with some help from his brother Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872), who also drew the sketches for the illustrations. The Forrester brothers used the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill both jointly and separately. With decorative bookplate of L. Wesson. Scarce, with wonderful color plates by Cruikshank.
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