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[4] leaves + 42 hand-colored plates, the margins with a pink wash. Leaf of address is present. (oblong folio) 10¼x14, period half morocco and marbled boards, red morocco cover label.

This is a reissue of the original 1822 edition. It has 42 rather than 43 plates, it seems that given the popularity of the work the later issues were often done without a plate or two. Henry T. Alken is one of the most renowned and popular of British sporting, humor and genre artists. This copy with modern bookplate of Norman and Janey Buchan. Tooley 37.