1871 Walk Up! Walk Up! and See the Fools Paradise with the Many Wonderful Adventures There as Seen in the Strange Surprising Peep Show of Professor Wolley Cobble e raree Shaowman these Five and Twenty Years

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

Uncommon work. Illustrated throughout with colour comic scenes. Being a collection of humorous and amusing scenes and images refering to the notion of "a fool's paradise" or a state of happiness based on false beliefs, unrealistic hopes, and mistaken ideas that are unlikely to last. With titles such as: The Puzzled Peasant and the Runaway Porker, The Crinoline, and The Giant Bear Hunter and the Bruin Who Nearly Caught Him, amongst others. Attributed to Professor Wolley Cobble, a pseudonym. Dated from the British Library.