Luke limner pseud john leighton (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. Rare first edition, 1847. Rebacked with cloth in the same style as the original. Hinges reinforced internally. Original covers generally rubbed, worn and with some crude colouring. Period gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1849. Endpapers marked. Water staining to all pages and heavy in places. Spotting throughout. Some juvenile colouring to title pages and to a couple of plates. Some further pencil marks. A few creases and small tears to some pages. 24 plates of the sellers accompanied by an explanatory page of the seller and their location (hence the public edifices). The plates are very evocative and full of character. The 'Cries' are: Pots and Kettles; Rhubarb; Matches; Oranges; Singing Birds; Chairs; Cats/Dogs Meat; Dust; Lace; Umbrellas; Cherries; Costard (vegetables); Images (Italian 'sculptures'); Baked Potatoes; Bow (Bay) Pots; Wild Fowl; Strawberries; Mackarel; Old Clothes; Milk; Water-Cress; Scissor grinding; Chimney Sweep; Muffins; Brooms. More details available on request. (Ub3). …

Small square 4to. Front. & vignette title with red & blue lettering coloured, plates with occasional light dusting or marking. Lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. tan pictorial cloth, lettered in blue & red; sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine, a little dulled. Small booklabel of Robin de Beaumont. A rare early work by John Leighton, featuring drawings and descriptions of 24 London tradespeople and street-hawkers, each portrayed against the backdrop of a well-known London landmark which is also described.…