Author: Bon Gaultier [William Edmondstoune Aytoun; Sir Theodore Martin]
Title: The Book of Ballads
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. Leather. A smart copy of Bon Gaultier's Ballads, illustrated by well-known artists. The fifteenth edition of this work in a half calf binding. All edges, end papers and paste downs marbled. Numerous illustrations by Richard "Dickie" Doyle (1824-1883), John Leech (1817-1864), Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872), known under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill, who were all well-known for their illustrations for Punch. William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) and Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909) were both Scottish poets. In around 1841, they became acquainted, and together they wrote a series of humorous articles on the fashions and follies of the time, in which were interspersed the verses which afterwards became popular as the Bon Gaultier Ballads (1855). In a half calf binding. Externally smart, with a little rubbing to the extremities and bumping to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Richard Doyle; John Leech; Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]. Very Good .

Keywords: Poetry Bon Gaultier Ballads Bon Gaultier Richard Doyle; John Leech; Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]


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