1832 Rare books bound in one by Morrell - Sir Launcelot Greaves & The Vicar of Wakefield illustrated by Cruikshank. 1stED.
Author: Goldsmith, Oliver. Tobias George Smollett. (George Cruikshank, illustrator).
Title: The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale (combined with) The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves.
Publisher: London, James Cochrane and Co. 1832. Complete 2 volumes bound in one. First edition illustrated by Cruikshank.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 4.5 ".
Pages: viii-168, 243 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good binding, finely bound in full tan morocco leather signed by Morrell Binder, London (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). Top edges gilt.
Illustration: Complete with the frontispiece and the 4 illustrations by George Cruikshank.
The book: Rare and attractive edition of those 2 classics novels illustrated here for the first time by George Cruikshank.
The illustrator: George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.