Accession number
PML 145220-21
Creator
Daniel, George, 1789-1864.
Published
London : Richard Bentley, 1842.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Plates by Leech and R. Cruikshank, and illustrations by T. Gilks.
Published first in Bentley's Miscellany.
1st ed.
Vol. 1: vi, 292 p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: 296 p., [1] leaf of plates.
Library's copy has frontispiece portrait plate of the author in v. 1, not called for in descriptions of other copies.
Published first in Bentley's Miscellany.
1st ed.
Vol. 1: vi, 292 p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: 296 p., [1] leaf of plates.
Library's copy has frontispiece portrait plate of the author in v. 1, not called for in descriptions of other copies.
Description
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription on front flyleafs of both volumes reads: Eight copies only printed on paper, with proof plates by Leech. To J.T. Wilson Esq. This copy of Merrie England in the olden time (one of the above named copies) is presented by his sincere and obliged friend George Daniel. Canonbury, 3 Dec. 1841.
Provenance
Author's presentation inscription to J.T. Wilson on front flyleaf; signature of E.J. Langford on front pastedowns; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's brown cloth blocked in blind.
Classification
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