The life of Napoleon : a Hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos / by Doctor Syntax ; embellished with thirty engravings by G. Cruikshank.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Tegg, Wm. Allason ; 1815.Edinburgh : J. Dick, 1815.
Physical Description:
260 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DC203.4 .L53 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts DC203.4 .L53 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frequently attributed to William Combe, but listed as an imitation in: Hamilton, Harlan W. Doctor Syntax. London, 1969.Printed by Plummer and Brewis, Love Lane, Eastcheap.Illustrated engraved title page included in leaves of plates.Page 83 misnumbered p. 88, p. 109 misnumbered 107, p. 113 misnumbered 213, p. 121 misunumbered 211, p. 187 misnumbered 188. Plate at p. 94 should have the word Siege misspelt "Seige of Acre", and on the plate at p. 233 "Leipsic" is misspelt "Liepsic."Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 153Hamilton, H.W. Doctor Syntax, p. 318Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 356BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in original pink boards, with printed title label on spine.. Bookplate: R.N.H. Moore. Autograph: N. Holterman.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in gilt-tooled tree. P. 113 correctly numbered.
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 -- Portraits. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 -- Poetry. | Tegg, T. -- Publisher. | Allason, Wm. -- Publisher. | Dick, J. -- Publisher. | Plummer and Brewis -- Printer. | Holterman, N. -- Autograph. (BACRB Copy 1) | Moore, R.N.H. -- Bookplate.(BACRB Copy 1) | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.