Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts : in a circumbendibus hop, step, and jump / by Olio Rigmaroll ; drawn and written by M.E. Esq. ; engraved by Geo. Hunt.
Alternate Title(s):
Airy nothings
Published / Created:
London : Published by Pyall and Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1825.
Physical Description:
[2], 73, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC1479.E343 A37 1825+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A comical tour through England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.Halkett & Laing identifies M.E. as M. Egerton.A second edition was published by Thomas M'Lean the same year."Printed by J. Davy, Queen Street, Seven Dials."--T.p. verso.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 206Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature (1926-62 edition), v. I, p. 51NSTC, 2E251Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 290BAC: British Art Center is the Abbey copy bound in original brown paper boards. Ms inscription on recto of first free end-paper: John Griffith, Jun., Tredegar.
Subject Terms:
English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Satire, English. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Poetry. | Great Britain -- Travel and description -- Humor. | Pyall and Hunt -- Publisher. | Davy, J. -- Printer. | Griffith, John, Jun. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1825.
Contributors:
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827, ill. | Hunt, George, active 1824–1831, engraver.