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The greatest plague of life, or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant / by one who has been "almost worried to death" ; edited by the brothers Mayhew ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

Accession number
PML 142639-44
Creator
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875.
Published
London : David Bogue, 86, Fleet Street, [1847].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Issued in 6 pts. over 6 months, from the 1st February to 1st July, 1847. Cf. Cohn.
Illustrated with 12 etched plates by Cruikshank and a glyphograph illustrating the t.p. and individual part wrappers.
"T.C. Savill, printer, 4, Chandos-Street, Covent Garden."--p. [286].
With the t.p. included at the end of pt. 6.
Advertising matter printed on wrappers; [76] p. of advertisements bound into the various parts, including a notice to the subscribers in pt. 6 informing them that they may have their copies of the book bound in cloth with designs in gold by Cruikshank, for 1 shilling, upon application to their respective booksellers.
Description
6 pts. (285 p., [12] leaves of plates) : ill. (etchings) ; 19 cm
Provenance
Inscription of J. Borrer on pts. 1, 5 and 6; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original printed yellow wrappers.
Classification
Department