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GILBERT A. A'BECKETT

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Comic History of England, The Comic History of Rome

THE COMIC HISTORIES OF ENGLAND AND ROME, WITH 30 HAND-COLORED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH, FIRST EDITIONS IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS

A'BECKETT, Gilbert A. The Comic History of England, The Comic History of Rome. London

London, July 1846-February 1848; 1851. Twenty parts; ten parts in nine.

First editions—in the scarce original serialized parts—of these irreverent recountings of British and Roman histories, illustrated with hundreds of in-text woodcuts and 30 hand-colored etchings by famous satirical artist John Leech. $1500.

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Comic Blackstone

"EVERY GENTLEMAN OUGHT TO KNOW A LITTLE OF LAW, SAYS COKE, AND PERHAPS, SAY WE, THE LESS THE BETTER"

A'BECKETT, Gilbert A. Comic Blackstone. London, 1846.

First one-volume edition of this loving lampoon of Blackstone's landmark legal commentary, illustrated with frontispiece, title-page vignette and one in-text illustration by George Cruikshank, handsomely bound. $750.

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