Item #400784 An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank : reprinted verbatim from "The Westminster review" / by William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited, with a prefatory note on Thackeray as an artist and art-critic, by W.E. Church ; with upwards of forty illustrations including all the original woodcuts and a new portrait of Cruikshank etched by F.W. Pailthorpe. William Makepeace Thackeray.

An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank : reprinted verbatim from "The Westminster review" / by William Makepeace Thackeray ; edited, with a prefatory note on Thackeray as an artist and art-critic, by W.E. Church ; with upwards of forty illustrations including all the original woodcuts and a new portrait of Cruikshank etched by F.W. Pailthorpe

1884, 1st edition. London : George Redway. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine worn, with tape to covers. Front cover detached. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #400784

Physical description; 60 pp., 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 30 cm. Subjects; Cruikshank, George 1792-1878 English wit and humor, Pictorial.

Price: €21.00

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