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1160 - WOODWARD, George Murgatroyd *Elements of Bacchus; or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters*. Illustrated with Forty Portraits in Aqua Tinta of the Most Celebrated Bon Vivants in Great Britain. With a Variety of Anecdotes and Remarkable Traits Preceding Each Portrait. London: W. Holland, 1792. 4to: iv-83-[4] pp.; 40 pl. (minimal margins; lack of paper at the top of the title page; unobtrusive small stains on some plates). Modern red morocco, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands, gilt interior dentelle, a.e.g. (some light rubbing, corners slightly bumped). A fine copy. 40 exuberant aquatint caricatures depicting various types of drunkards, engraved by Woodward himself and delicately hand-colored in watercolor.
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WOODWARD, George Murgatroyd *Elements of Bacchus; or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters*. Illustrated with Forty Portraits in Aqua Tinta of the Most Celebrated Bon Vivants in Great Britain. With a Variety of Anecdotes and Remarkable Traits Preceding Each Portrait. London: W. Holland, 1792. 4to: iv-83-[4] pp.; 40 pl. (minimal margins; lack of paper at the top of the title page; unobtrusive small stains on some plates). Modern red morocco, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spine with raised bands, gilt interior dentelle, a.e.g. (some light rubbing, corners slightly bumped). A fine copy. 40 exuberant aquatint caricatures depicting various types of drunkards, engraved by Woodward himself and delicately hand-colored in watercolor.
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