Beschreibung:

Horsley (Henry Sharpe). The Affectionate Parent's Gift and the Good Child's Reward, Consisting of a Series of Poems and Essays, on Natural, Moral, and Religious Subjects..., 28 parts, 1st edition, printed for T. Kelly, 1827, 110 (of 114) engraved plates, including engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to part 1, variable spotting, some light edge-fraying, part 10 with brown mark to blank fore-margins of first 3 plates, part 19 with some loss of blank fore-margins to each plate, and with small torn & creased area to final leaf, part 23 with first plate stained, part 25 partly unopened, original printed wrappers, generally toned and worn, with occasional spotting, front cover of part 28 with early ink signature 'Miss Dangerfield' at head, small 8vo (Qty: 28) Osborne page 644. In 28 parts as issued, to be divided into two volumes when bound: final leaf of part 14 states 'End of the First Volume', first text leaf of part 15 gives the title at the head, and states 'Vol. II' at the tail. The title page to volume II is bound into part 28, along with the 'List of Plates and Contents'. Each part was issued with four plates (not including the frontispiece or additional title to part 1). This set is lacking some plates, as often (the copy in Osborne is noted as being 'incomplete and imperfect'). The plates lacking here are: part 6 'The Death of a Father'; part 12 'The Lunatic Asylum'; part 18 'On Death'; part 23 'Hell'. Possibly these were removed by a protective parent, as these four plates had particularly gruesome or frightening scenes. Scarce in this original parts state, this item is usually found bound into volumes. An accompanying manuscript note states that this copy was purchased by Miss Dangerfield from the publisher (see signature on final part) and remained in the family until coming to the current vendor.