...From the Original Engravings, with a Sketch of Hogarth's Life and Career by William Makepeace Thackeray, and an Essay on the Genius and Character of Hogarth by Charles Lamb (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1876), small folio (14 in.), tooled leather with gilt to front board and spine; the 120 plates listed make for a pleasant, though sometimes ugly, romp through Georgian England.

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Some shelf wear to the boards; internally fine with scattered foxing and the occasional damp stain; very good condition.