THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1853. First Edition, Extra-Illustrated. Hardcover. Octavo, 322 pages, [6] ads, [16] ads; VG; 'Bound by Ramage, London', with their gilt stamp, in full dark green polished calf, gilt tooling to boards, paneled spine with gilt tooling and titling, some sun-fading; mild wear and rubbing; top edge gilt; patterned endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown; with errata leaf; Extra-Illustrated with 29 plates bound in from various sources; shelved case 3. The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century collects a series of engaging lectures by W. M. Thackeray on Swift, Pope, Fielding, Congreve, Addison, Steele, Prior, Gay, Hogarth, Smollett, Sterne, and Goldsmith. 1339526. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.