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Title(s):
George Cruikshank's table-book / edited by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Additional Title(s):
Table-book
Published/Created:
London : Published at the Punch Office, 92 Fleet Sreet; and sold by all booksllers, MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:
12 pt. (viii, 284 p., [12] leaves of plates) ill. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4519.C4 T33 1845 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4519.C4 T33 1845 Copy 2
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3576778
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 1978 1237: has the following variations: in pt. 4 "Table-book advertiser" is only [2] p.; blue inset in pt. 5 is 11 p.; pt. 9 is in wrappers for pt. 11; pt. 11 lacks catalogue of Fisher, Son & Co.; back wrapper of pt. 12 has advertising matter on inside and different advertising matter on outside.Inscription by Alvin W. Krech.
Engravings by W.J. Linton; after George Cruikshank.
Printed by Bradbury & Evans.
Added half-title, engraved.
Contains A legend of the Rhine by Michael Angelo Titmarsh [pseud. of W.M. Thackeray]. This was based on Alexander Dumas' story, Othon the archer.
Monthly. Published Jan.-Dec. 1845.
Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 191
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is in 12 parts. Bound in original printed paper wrappers, as issued. T.p. and preliminary matter at beginning of no. 12. No. 3 lacks blank front fly-leaf. No. 5 contains 10 extra pages on blue paper. Inside back wrapper of no. 8 and no. 12 differ from set described by Cohn. Copy 2 is in book form. Bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
Bradbury & Evans -- Printer.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
Krech, Alvin W. -- Inscription.
Satire, English.
Wit and humor, English.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1845.
Glypographs -- 1845.
Engravings -- 1845.
Contributors:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.
Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812–1897, engraver.
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863. Legend of the Rhine. 1845.
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