England Under The House Of Hanover;
£75.00
Publisher
Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street.
Place
London
Date
1848
Synopsis
Its history and condition during the reigns of the three georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. by thomas wright, esq., m.a., f.s.a., etc. with numerous illustrations, executed by f. w. fairholt, f.s.a. in two volumes. vols. i and ii.
Item Description
TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION. 9 x 6 inches. Vol. I, xiv + 451 pp.; Vol. II, viii + 460 pp. Bound in original brown cloth with decorated blind stamped borders, enclosing gilt oval of Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow; spine rebacked in brown buckram with gilt titles and new endpapers. Rough cut fore edges. A little wear to extremities, including corners and occasional scattered foxing, including preliminaries; otherwise a very good set. Illustrated by 14 engraved plates, including 2 portrait frontispieces (including Gillray) and by 301 wood engravings in text by F. W. Fairholt. A well illustrated social history of England during the Hanoverian era of 1714-1820 by the antiquary and historian, Thomas Wright (1810-77). It includes caricature plates, after Hogarth, Gillray, etc. and three hundred humorous wood engravings in the text by Frederick William Fairholt (1814-66), author and wood engraver; also engraver of the plates in the book other than the portraits.
[Stock No. 28248]
