[Rarebooks] FS: Ingoldsby Legends, three first editions

[Bob Petrilla]

Barham, Richard Harris. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OF MIRTH AND MARVELS, by
Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire: First Series, Second Series, Third Series.
London: Richard Bentley, 1840-1847.  First Editions.  Three volumes. pp:
(viii), 338, (1) Appendix;  illutrated title-page, 6 plates + (ix), 288;
illustrated title-page, 7 plates + (viii), 364;  illustrated title-page,
two portraits of author Barham, 4 plates.

First Editions, uniformly bound by John Bumpus of Oxford Street in full red
morocco, ribbed spines with elaborate gilt decorations and titles and
dates, triple-ruled borders, elaborate gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt.  All
three volumes bear the bookplate of William Forbes Morgan, featuring old
tomes and crests. Some scattered foxing to the plates, still nearly fine
inside and out.  8" x 5".
The etchings are by Bush, Cruikshank, and Leech.  $850.00

Postpaid in US.  Usual trade terms.



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