Leech, John.

Punchiana; or, Selections from the London Charivari. With Ten Humorous Illustrations by Leech and Others.

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845.

Small 8vo, in sixes, 72 pp. Hand-colored folding frontispiece "Farming for Ladies", engraved title-page, and seven black and white plates (lacking one?). Full orange orange morocco, plain endpapers, backstrip stamped in gilt; possibly the work of a student but nicely done. Text moderately foxed, plates much less so. Very good.

§ A very uncommon edition of selections from Punch Magazine, assembled for an American audience. OCLC records 8 copies. A similar title published in the 3previous year, "A Bowl of Punch Or, Selections from the London Charivari" appears to be only slightly more common. Item #126700

Price: $300.00