Smollett, Tobias; Cruikshank, George (illustrator)

The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. Illustrations By George Cruikshank

London: Cochrane & Pickersgill, 1831. First Thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. Custom-bound in full tan slate morocca ruled in gilt, inner dentils gilt; raised bands; spine coffers ornamented in gilt; series spine title gilt on red; spine title gilt on brown; top edge gilt. xxxvi, 403 pp. + ads. Inlcudes a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe. These are the original illustrations by Cruikshank, commissioned for Roscoe's Novelist's Library in 1831 (Evans, The Life and Art of George Cruickshank 1792-1878, p. 79). Rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to top corners. Roscoe's Novelist's Library, vol.I. Near Fine. Item #27925

8vo.

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