MAGINN, (WILLIAM) AND AINSWORTH. - GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (ILLUSTR.) - BOOKBINDING (SAMUEL TOUT. BINDER).

John Manesty and Modern Chivalry. By the Late Dr. Maginn. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. (2 works with a joint title-page stating: as originally published).

London, Cunningham & Mortimer, (1843-) 1844.

Large 8vo. (24,5 x 16 cm.). Bound uncut in a splendid, near contemporary in full red morocco with raised bands. Richly tooled in gold on covers and spine. Gilt lettering on spine. The gilding is in grolier-style with arabesque-bands. Broad inside gilt borders. Edges gilt. Free endpapers and covers inside with green silk. The binding is signed in gold on foot of inside froncover "Tout. Binder". The 2 novels were published in monthly installments, bound as such and with original printed wrappers from Ainsworth's Magazine: "A Monthly Miscellany of Romance, General Literature and Art. Edited by William Harrison Ainsworth". With a lithographed portrait of William Maginn and 11 plates in steel-etching by Cruikshank.

Order-nr.: 59049