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Rowlandson the caricaturist. 2 vols. London, Chatto and Windus 188…

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Grego,J. Rowlandson the caricaturist. 2 vols. London, Chatto and Windus 1880. 4°. With 1 portrait frontispiece and ca. 400 partly fulls. Illustr. XV, 378 p., 1 leaf; XI, 454 p., 1 leaf. Hardcover with rverg. and gilt headpieces (stained, rubbed and worn). First edition. - "A selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries" (subtitle). - Partly slightly stained, inner joints brittle. - Bookplate.

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Grego,J. Rowlandson the caricaturist. 2 vols. London, Chatto and Windus 1880. 4°. With 1 portrait frontispiece and ca. 400 partly fulls. Illustr. XV, 378 p., 1 leaf; XI, 454 p., 1 leaf. Hardcover with rverg. and gilt headpieces (stained, rubbed and worn). First edition. - "A selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries" (subtitle). - Partly slightly stained, inner joints brittle. - Bookplate.

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