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Lot 111

'DOCTOR SYNTAX': THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, A HUDIBRASTIC PEOM IN FIFTEEN CANTOS

illustrated by George Cruikshank, first edition, complete with thirty hand-coloured plates, published by T. Tegg &c, London 1815, later gilt tooled red morocco leather binding with bookplate-style front endpaper for Henry Arthur Johnstone dated 1899

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Estimate: £400 - £600
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

Internally the pages to this volume are slightly foxed in places and with some offsetting to adjacent pages from plates, but overall the condition is fairly good. There are 260 pages in total. Plates are clean and bright.

The binding is slightly rubbed and bumped to corners, with rubbing to edges and ends of spine and corresponding darkening to spine and edges. The endpapers are slightly darkened around edges.

The bookplate style front endpaper is of a ship and anchor motif.

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