Objektsbeskrivning (EGAN, PIERCE, imitation of). (2). Real Life in London; or, The Bambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, the Hon. Tom. Dashall, Through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life. By an Amateur. Embellished and Illustrated with a Series of Coloured Prints, Designed and Engraved by Messrs. Heath, Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, &c. I-II. London (printed for Jones and Co.) 1824, 23. 8:o (about 210x127 mm.). (3), iv-x, (1), 4-656; (2), (i)-ix, (1), (1), 4-668 pp. 2 coloured engraved frontispieces. 2 coloured engraved extra titles. 32 coloured engraved plates (including 2 extra not called for in the plate index, minor spotting, some minor offsetting to text from plates). Later red full morocco bindings, gilt borders. gilt inner borders, gilt edges of covers, very slightly faded gilt spines in six compartments, all edges gilt (signed Riviere and Son on first endpapers). Bookplate of John Hely-Hutchinson, Chippenham Lodge, Ely; and one other. 2 volumes. An imitation of Pierce Egan's famous Life in London; a guide to the social history of early nineteenth century London. J.W. Hely-Hutchinson ((1882-1955) was an English book-collector. See: Catalogue of the celebrated library of valuable printed books, fine bindings and manuscripts, the property of the late Esq., Chippenham Lodge, Ely (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 12-14 March 1956) "After some initial fumbling, [Hely-Hutchinson] rapidly developed into an energetic, and for a newcomer a most adventurous, participant in the revival of interest in the collecting of fine bindings which has been perhaps the most notable movement of taste in English bibliophily of the past two decades. He cast his net wide as well as deep; and there were not a few who wondered whether the market might not wilt under such a concentrated load. In the event, it proved solidly, and for a number of star lots, spectacularly buoyant" (from a saleroom report in The Book Collector, Summer 1956, pp.169-170).
Objektsbeskrivning (EGAN, PIERCE, imitation of). (2). Real Life in London; or, The Bambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, the Hon. Tom. Dashall, Through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life. By an Amateur. Embellished and Illustrated with a Series of Coloured Prints, Designed and Engraved by Messrs. Heath, Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, &c. I-II. London (printed for Jones and Co.) 1824, 23. 8:o (about 210x127 mm.). (3), iv-x, (1), 4-656; (2), (i)-ix, (1), (1), 4-668 pp. 2 coloured engraved frontispieces. 2 coloured engraved extra titles. 32 coloured engraved plates (including 2 extra not called for in the plate index, minor spotting, some minor offsetting to text from plates). Later red full morocco bindings, gilt borders. gilt inner borders, gilt edges of covers, very slightly faded gilt spines in six compartments, all edges gilt (signed Riviere and Son on first endpapers). Bookplate of John Hely-Hutchinson, Chippenham Lodge, Ely; and one other. 2 volumes. An imitation of Pierce Egan's famous Life in London; a guide to the social history of early nineteenth century London. J.W. Hely-Hutchinson ((1882-1955) was an English book-collector. See: Catalogue of the celebrated library of valuable printed books, fine bindings and manuscripts, the property of the late Esq., Chippenham Lodge, Ely (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 12-14 March 1956) "After some initial fumbling, [Hely-Hutchinson] rapidly developed into an energetic, and for a newcomer a most adventurous, participant in the revival of interest in the collecting of fine bindings which has been perhaps the most notable movement of taste in English bibliophily of the past two decades. He cast his net wide as well as deep; and there were not a few who wondered whether the market might not wilt under such a concentrated load. In the event, it proved solidly, and for a number of star lots, spectacularly buoyant" (from a saleroom report in The Book Collector, Summer 1956, pp.169-170).
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