George Cruikshank's Omnibus.
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878)
Category
Books
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3208159
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (56 ; 22 leaves of plates) : ill., port. ; 44 cm. Plates bound in two vols. Manuscript pencil note in second vol.: Largest paper India proofs, also india proofs of the 80 engravings on wood, with autograph signature of George Cruikshank in attestation. Binding: nineteenth-century full red morocco, thick blind fillet borders; gilt tooled edges and turn-ins; four false bands at head and foor; gold lettered, vertical green spine label. Endpaper stamped: Bound by Riviere.
Makers and roles
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878) Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804-1845)