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Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words.
A charming collection of caricatures depicting visual puns, somewhat typical of unsophisticated British satire of the age, enlivened by capable hand-colouring of each of the aquatints.
First edition; landscape 8vo (17 x 27 cm); 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, letterpress title, a little offsetting from frontispiece to title; half calf rebacked with original spine laid down, cloth boards double ruled in gilt with title lettered in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt in six compartments, contrasting lettering piece, all edges gilt, spine and edges rubbed otherwise a very good copy.
Bobins II, 684.
First edition; landscape 8vo (17 x 27 cm); 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, letterpress title, a little offsetting from frontispiece to title; half calf rebacked with original spine laid down, cloth boards double ruled in gilt with title lettered in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt in six compartments, contrasting lettering piece, all edges gilt, spine and edges rubbed otherwise a very good copy.
Bobins II, 684.
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A charming collection of caricatures depicting visual puns, somewhat typical of unsophisticated British satire of the age, enlivened by capable hand-colouring of each of the aquatints.
First edition; landscape 8vo (17 x 27 cm); 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, letterpress title, a little offsetting from frontispiece to title; half calf rebacked with original spine laid down, cloth boards double ruled in gilt with title lettered in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt in six compartments, contrasting lettering piece, all edges gilt, spine and edges rubbed otherwise a very good copy.
Bobins II, 684.
First edition; landscape 8vo (17 x 27 cm); 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, letterpress title, a little offsetting from frontispiece to title; half calf rebacked with original spine laid down, cloth boards double ruled in gilt with title lettered in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt in six compartments, contrasting lettering piece, all edges gilt, spine and edges rubbed otherwise a very good copy.
Bobins II, 684.
