Estate / Collection: The Flower Family Collection

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EGAN, PIERCE. Life in London. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821. Second edition (with footnote on p. 9). Full red morocco by Root of London with "high-life" motifs in gilt, top edge gilt. 9 x 5 5/8 inches (23 x 14.5 cm); xvi, 376 pp., [8 pp.] ads, with 36 hand-colored engraved plates by the Cruikshanks, and 3 engraved plates of music. Joints and extremities lightly worn, some spotting but clean overall; together with [EGAN, PIERCE - IMITATION]. Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho. London: Jones & Co., 1821-24. First edition, first issue of volume I, later issue of volume II (with "Oxford Arms Passage" as the publisher's address to vol. I and "3 Warwick Square" to Vol. II). Two volumes, bound by Wood to match Life in London. 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (22 x 14 cm); x, 656 pp; xii, 668 pp.; hand-colored engraved titles and 30 hand-colored engraved plates (including frontispieces) after Heath, Alken, Rowlandson and others. Joints and extremities lightly worn, some spotting but clean overall.
Tooley 196,199.