GREGO, Joseph (1843-1908). A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days, Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria . London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. [ Bound with :] [HONE, William and George CRUIKSHANK illustrator.] The Dorchester Guide; or a house that Jack built . London: [?1819]. Extra-illustrated, large-paper copy, of Grego's limited edition work on the history of electioneering, with 216 additional prints and ephemera bound-in. The prints include portraits and caricatures of politicians, as well as satires on polticial situations, as well as letterpress excerpts from contemporary pamphlets and magazines. Much of this ephemera is expertly window mounted, including, at the end, the the 35pp. pamphlet The Dorchester Guide . Grego, art journalist and author, amassed a vast collection of prints, drawings, and books, which were dispersed on his death at Christie's (April to June 1908) and Puttick and Simpson (April, June, July 1908). Quarto (286 x 225mm).Number 90 of 111 large paper copies. Folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a few scattered and insignificant spots). 20th-century red straight-grained half morocco by Rogers of Bristol, top edge gilt, others uncut.
GREGO, Joseph (1843-1908). A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days, Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria . London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. [ Bound with :] [HONE, William and George CRUIKSHANK illustrator.] The Dorchester Guide; or a house that Jack built . London: [?1819]. Extra-illustrated, large-paper copy, of Grego's limited edition work on the history of electioneering, with 216 additional prints and ephemera bound-in. The prints include portraits and caricatures of politicians, as well as satires on polticial situations, as well as letterpress excerpts from contemporary pamphlets and magazines. Much of this ephemera is expertly window mounted, including, at the end, the the 35pp. pamphlet The Dorchester Guide . Grego, art journalist and author, amassed a vast collection of prints, drawings, and books, which were dispersed on his death at Christie's (April to June 1908) and Puttick and Simpson (April, June, July 1908). Quarto (286 x 225mm).Number 90 of 111 large paper copies. Folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a few scattered and insignificant spots). 20th-century red straight-grained half morocco by Rogers of Bristol, top edge gilt, others uncut.
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