Author: Cooke, Charles Title: Cooke's Illustrations to Don Quixote, the Rambler and Hudibras
Description: London, England, Charles Cooke, 1821. Hardcover. marbled brown boards w/ red leather gilt printed spine & corners. title plate on front board. 47 leaves of tissue-guarded bw plates. Plates remain bright and detailed. Plates dated 1820 to 1821. Each plate includes a title, short description and page numbers; engravings are selections from Cooke's Pocket Editions. A rare item with WorldCat listing only 3 other copies. Good (board edges worn; boards scuffed & scratched. leather corners rubbed & worn to boards; curled. leather spine edges & ends rubbed; spine top soiled. pastedowns at hinges splitting. textblock tight. instances of smudges to pgs; instances of light speckled to smudge foxing to plates. pencil writing & pencil remnants to opening endpapers; exlibris plates to pastedowns) .
Keywords: Cooke's Illustrations, Charles Cooke, Don Quixote ; Cooke's Illustrations, Charles Cooke ; ;
Price: US$ 500.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 183970