Skip to content

Secure Checkout

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Subtotal: $12,545.00
Shipping: $8.50
$0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $12,553.50
2 - 6 days
2 - 14 days

All fields are required unless marked optional.

Add Shipping Note
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Paypal
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Verified and Secured. Guaranteed.

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Please select your payment method from the following list:
Click the button to checkout with PayPal.
You will be charged $12,553.50 when completing this purchase.

Cart Totals

Subtotal: $12,545.00
Shipping: $8.50
: $0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $12,553.50

You are about to purchase:

Melange of Humour, The

Melange of Humour, The by ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $5.50
Details
$12,500.00
( US$)
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Melange of Humour, The
Author
ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1835. Fifty Hand-Colored Plates Caricaturing the English and French Lifestyle of the 1820s [EGERTON, Daniel Thomas, and others]. The Melange of Humour; A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, Comprising a Great Variety of Comic Subjects, by The most Popular Artists of the Present Day. London: Printed by W. Lewis, [n.d., 1835]. First collected edition of this acclaimed series of humorous plates depicting the English and French lifestyle of the 1820s. Folio (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches; 358 x 260 mm.). Letterpress title and fifty hand-colored etched plates (including frontispiece). Most plates with tissue guards. Plates watermarked 1835, 1821, and 1822. Contemporary half maroon roan, ruled in gilt, over gray pebble-grain cloth boards. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with three wide raised bands. All edges gilt. With the engraved book-plate of John M. Schiff on front paste-down. Early ink signature of Wm. Morrison dated 1840 on front free endpaper. Top and bottom of spine expertly repaired, inner joints neatly strengthened. An excellent example of a very rare and highly amusing book of caricatures. Rare: OCLC/KVK locate just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Yale University Library (CT, US); Harvard University (MA,US) and University of Oxford Libraries (UK). The collection comprises: Six hand-colored aquatint plates [A Day's Journal of a Sponge] (London: Published by W. Egerton, 1824) captioned: "Was 'stirring with the lark,' bent on fixing myself for a month's sponge on a friend..."; "Feeling one of those pangs 'which flesh is heir to'..."; "Having returned, & hired a chaise, the only method of conveyance..."; "Former fears confirmed, by being driven, on my return, without orders into the Stable Yard..."; "Sauntering down Bond Street, in the evening, to 'Lose & neglect the creeping hours of time'..."; and "Being recovered from the effects of the last catastrophe, resolved on making one more effort, to gain a supper..." Twelve numbered hand-colored aquatint plates by Daniel Thomas Egerton originally published as The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion (London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 1823). The plates are captioned: "Negligence," "Assurance," "Confidence," "Impudence," "Intemperance," "Indifference," "Unfeelingness," "Forgetfulness," "Selfishness," "Intrigue," "Eccentricity," and "Inconsistency." Hand-colored engraved title and twelve hand-colored aquatint plates (the first six plates are numbered) "Design'd & Etch'd by D.T. Egerton": "Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz" (London: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824); "The Silent Rebuke"; "The Leech"; "The Tables Turn'd"; "The Unfortunate Discovery"; "The Insolence of Office"; "The Trial of Nerves"; "Vis a Vis"; "The Unpleasant Rencontre"; "The Unwelcome Visit"; "The Disappointment"; "The Pressing Invitation"; and "The Finishing Bore." Abbey, Life, 287 and Colas 937 (with imprint of W. Sams). Six plates by Henry Alken "A Set of Six Plates on Horse Riding" (London: Published...by Thomas McLean, 1821): "Perfectly Satisfied," "Dissatisfied," "Delighted," "Surpris'd," "Displeas'd," and "Terrified." Thirteen hand-colored lithographed plates by Pigal and L. Boilly captioned: "Le petite famille" (L. Boilly); "Omnium Gatherum" (Pigal?); "This is mine Heir" (Pigal); "as it used to be" (Pigal); "Nasty Old Fellow you shan't" (Pigal); "Commissioners" (Pigal?); "View on the Pont Neuf" (Pigal?); "The Scratch" (Boilly?); "Phoo! Anglais Pah! Pish!" (Pigal); "Smokers" (L. Boilly); "La bonne petite soeur" (Boilly); The Defiance (Boilly); "Time has not thin'd our flowing hair Nor bent us with his Iron hand" (Pigal). Abbey, Life 287 & 289; Bobins 1319; Colas 937; Tooley, 203 & 204.
Christmas Greeting with Original Watercolor Artwork

Christmas Greeting with Original Watercolor Artwork

2 to 8 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $3.00
Details
$45.00
( EU VAT US$0)
Seller: Eclectibles
Title
Christmas Greeting with Original Watercolor Artwork
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Toned.
Description
United States, 1900. Very good. Toned.. Christmas greeting card ("Merry Christmas") with original watercolor artwork depicting a pair of song birds perched on a cherry blossom tree branch in front of a serene lake landscape. Card has rounded edges, and measures approx. 3.5" by 4.5

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.