A. Crowquill; [Alfred Henry Forrester] - Absurdities: In Prose and Verse

London, Thomas Hurst and Co, 1827. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this beautifully hand-coloured humorous work by Alfred Henry Forrester, an immensely entertaining volume. The very scarce first edition of this work.A selection of nonsense and satirical pieces, a perfect example of the popular Victorian humour literature genre.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and twelve hand-coloured plates.Written and illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester, a popular comic author and artist of the Victorian era.Bookplate of Alfred Sutro to the front pastedown. Sutro was an author, dramatist, and translator, writing the first English translation of the works of his friend, Maurice Maeterlinck. He was also a playwright in his own right, writing a more than twenty successful plays.Prior bookseller's description to the verso to the front endpaper. In a lovely half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with just a little rubbing. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Prior bookseller's description to the verso to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Near Fine . Ill.: Alfred Henry Forrester. Near Fine .

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