The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Published by Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1887

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A smartly bound copy of the Carmine edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of myths, legends, and ghost stories. The Carmine Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, engraved title page, nineteen plates, and several woodcuts in-text. Collated complete. A collection of myths, legends, poems, and ghost stories supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, the pen-name of Richard Harris Barham. The legends proved highly popular and remained so throughout the nineteenth century. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry. Written by Richard Harris Barham, an English cleric, novelist, and humorous poet. Illustrated by Barham, John Leech, an English caricaturist and illustrator, and George Cruikshank, a British book illustrator praised as the "modern Hogarth" in his time. Bound in full morocco. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Fading to the spine with minor cracking to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. With bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good.

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Title
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
Author
Thomas Ingoldsby Esq. [Richard Harris Barnham]
Publisher
Richard Bentley and Son, London
Publication year
1887
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Leather
Illustrator
John Leech; George Cruikshank; Richard Harris Barham
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
8.5" by 6"

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