Accession number
PML 152811
Creator
Badcock, John, active 1816-1830.
Published
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill; for the author. 1825.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Numbers 28-47 omitted from the paging.
Largely a reissue of his Slang. A dictionary of the turf, the ring, the chase ... (1823); original t.p. replaced by a new t.p. & conjugate leaf containing author's "Advertisement"; original p. 215-216 replaced by p. 215-222 containing enlarged text.
The engraved frontispiece has caption "Life--in its varieties" and depicts a scene in a "Cock-and-hen club". Robert Cruikshank's design "A bit of good truth" in Pierce Egan's Finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic ... (1830) has a rough resemblance to it.
"Sold by T. Hughes...; J. Walker"--Verso of title page.
Largely a reissue of his Slang. A dictionary of the turf, the ring, the chase ... (1823); original t.p. replaced by a new t.p. & conjugate leaf containing author's "Advertisement"; original p. 215-216 replaced by p. 215-222 containing enlarged text.
The engraved frontispiece has caption "Life--in its varieties" and depicts a scene in a "Cock-and-hen club". Robert Cruikshank's design "A bit of good truth" in Pierce Egan's Finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic ... (1830) has a rough resemblance to it.
"Sold by T. Hughes...; J. Walker"--Verso of title page.
Description
2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-xvi, 222 (i.e. 202) pages : folded color frontispiece, 4 plates ; 20 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia Wightman (her bookplate), acquired in 1953.
Binding
Brown polished calf, stamped and lettered in gold, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt.
Classification
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