[1883] London Cries: With Six Charming Children

Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A limited edition. Being an unusual unsigned copy. 

Illustrated with eleven engraved proof plates, printed direct from stippled plates in the Bartolozzi style and duplicated in red and brown, and ten coloured illustrations by Rowlandson, as well as many colour and monochrome vignettes. Collated, complete. 

A collection of illustrations depicting characters and street vendors, and their 'calls' in nineteenth century London, with descriptions by Andrew Tuer. The illustrations are taken from various works on London street criers. 

In the publisher's original half cloth with paper to the boards.