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BARKER Matthew Henry (1790-1846) and George CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878)

Lot 99
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 993045
Lot 99 | BARKER Matthew Henry (1790-1846) and George CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878)
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
BARKER Matthew Henry (1790-1846) and George CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878)

Greenwich Hospital, A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Line of a Man-of-War's Man. By an Old Sailor. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: published by James Robins and Co, 1826.

A fine copy of the first edition in exceptionally well preserved contemporary pictorial boards, a large copy entirely untrimmed. 'In the original parts the work is of the utmost rarity, while in the original boards it is extremely scarce' (Cohn). Greenwich Hospital was written by Matthew Henry Barker, a sailor, journalist and newspaper editor who wrote a number of spirited and entertaining tales such as this of life at sea enlivened by his own experience in the East India Company and in the Royal Navy under the pseudonym 'An Old Sailor'. Many of these were illustrated by George Cruikshank, with whom he appears to have been friends. 'One of the most productive and individualistic of English illustrators… Cruikshank was at his best as an interpretive illustrator in books that permitted him to exercise his talent for comic exaggeration without distorting the author's intent' (Hodnett, 114). Abbey Scenery 226; Bobins IV, 1330; Cohn 53.



Quarto (285 x 235mm). Title with woodcut vignette, 12 etched plates, coloured by a contemporary hand, and 15 woodcut tailpieces in text, a large copy, untrimmed (rare marginal spotting, some minor offsetting). Original original publisher's printed pictorial paper boards (very minor dust-soiling) housed in a gilt red morocco slipcase by N. Root and Sons. Provenance: Herman Le Roy Edgar (bookplate).





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Printed books
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