The chronicles of crime, or, The new Newgate calendar : being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time, including a number of curious cases never before published, embellished with fifty-two engravings from original drawings by "Phiz" / by Camden Pelham.

"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars."--Colophon, v. 1 & 2.
Imprint from front wrappers reads: J. & F. Tallis, London, Edinburgh, & Dublin; printers statement on wrappers varies, pts 5, 9, 11-12, 15-16 read: Printed by J. & F. Tallis, 97 and 100, St. John Street, London; pts 1-4, 6-8, 10, 13-14, 17-21 read: Willoughby & Co., printers, 97, St. John Street, Smithfield.
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Preface, t.p.'s, and tables of contents issued in pt 20; pt 21 wholly comprised of 8 of the 52 etched plates illustrating the work.
Vol. 1: xii, 592 p.; v. 2: viii, 636 p.
The 21 original parts are housed in 2 slipcases.