Italian Tales of Humor, Gallantry, & Romance, Selected and Translated From The Italian…
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- London:: Printed by Charles Baldwyn,, 1824.
8vo full calf illustrated, 253, [2] pp. Top cover detached, and library label on front end paper. Inscription of previous owner on front end paper, tissue guards for illustrations are not present, otherwise a nice clean copy.
Roscoe (1791-1871) selected a variety of interesting Italian folk tales, several of which were borrowed by Shakespeare as part of the plots in some of his works. This appears to be a 1st edition 2nd issue of an early Cruikshank work. Contains the title page vignette, which probably distinguishes it from the first issue. Including the title page illustration, The Pomegranate Seed, there are 16 illustrations in this volume, including "The Dead Rider" illustration, which is not in later editions. See Cohn 444.
Roscoe (1791-1871) selected a variety of interesting Italian folk tales, several of which were borrowed by Shakespeare as part of the plots in some of his works. This appears to be a 1st edition 2nd issue of an early Cruikshank work. Contains the title page vignette, which probably distinguishes it from the first issue. Including the title page illustration, The Pomegranate Seed, there are 16 illustrations in this volume, including "The Dead Rider" illustration, which is not in later editions. See Cohn 444.