The following volumes are ready :—
Coloured Old Illustrated Books. By George Paston.
Books With 16 Coloured Plates. 2s. net.
3/6 each This little book serves as an Introduction to the Illustrated
Pocket Library, gives notes of the authors and artists of the
famous books illustrated in colour which were produced in
great numbers in the beginning of the nineteenth century,
and describes the best know n of hem. Interesting biographical
touches are given concerning Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Aiken,
Leech, Pierce Egan, Combe, Surtees, and the great publisher
of such books, Rudolph Ackermann.
The Life and Death of John Mytton, Esq. By
Nimrod. With 18 Coloured Plates by Henry
Aiken and T. J. Rawlins.
The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith.
With 24 Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
Handley Cross. By R. S. Surtees. With 17
Coloured Plates and 100 Woodcuts in the Text
by John Leech.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. By R. S. Surtees.
With 13 Coloured Plates and 90 Woodcuts in
the Text by John Leech.
Jorrocks’ Jaunts and Jollities. By R. S. Surtees.
With 15 Coloured Plates by H. Aiken.
Ask Mamma. By R. S. Surtees. With 13
Coloured Plates and 70 Woodcuts in the Text
by John Leech.
The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the
Picturesque. By William Combe. With 30
Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation.
By William Combe. With 24
Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of
a Wife. By William Combe. With 24
Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
The History of Johnny Quae Genus: the Little
Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax. By the
Author of “ The Three Tours With 24
Coloured Plates by T. Rowlandson.
The English Dance of Death. With 76 Coloured
Designs of T. Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations
by the Author of “Doctor Syntax”.
Two Volumes. 7s.net.
The Dance of Life: A Poem. By the Author of
“ Doctor Syntax ”. Illustrated with 26 Coloured
Engravings by T. Rowlandson.
The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod. With 35
Coloured Plates by Henry Aiken.
Life in London : or, the Day and Night Scenes of
Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend,
Corinthian Tom. By Pierce Egan. With 36
Coloured Plates by I. R. and G. Cruikshank.
With numerous Designs on Wood.