Comical People. Illustrated with Sixteen Pictures taken from the Embroidered Tapestry contributed by Maria Fusinata, of Belluno, to the Great Exhibition. Drawn and Grouped from the Designs of J. J. Grandville.
London: David Bogue, 1852.
First edition. With folding frontispiece (double plate) and fifteen plates, all hand colored. vi, [2], 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco and marbled sides, a.e.g., preserving original pictorial gilt cloth cover. Spine dark, light traces of rubbing, frontispiece with a wrinkle, and some rubbing along outer edge Osborne II, p. 976. Item #346897
Choice English adaptation of the beast-headed people of French master J.J. Grandville, here in the light of the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace.
The illustrations are wood-engravings, mainly drawn by H.G. Hine and engraved by various hands,including S. & A. Slader, H. Vizetelly, W.G. Mason, A.J. Mason, and W. Measom.
Bound in at the back is an illustrated broadside announcement of Comical Creatures from Wurtemburg (repaired at verso along one fold). This volume is a sequel.
There is a copy at the Osborne Collection at TPL and OCLC reports copies at the V&A, Manchester, Trinity College Dublin, and Goettingen.
RARE.
Price: $750.00 Free International Delivery
