CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878) & Robert (1789-1856). London Characters, London, 1827 [but compiled in 1906], 12mo, 24 hand-coloured plates, later paper boards (see note below). With 5 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878) & Robert CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856), illustrators.  London Characters. London: Joseph Robins, 1827 [but compiled in 1906]. 12mo (156 x 98mm). 24 hand-coloured plates by George (15) and Robert (9) Cruikshank, with a duplicate plate of the baker loosely-inserted (the title supplied in later facsimile, some plates later impressions, see note). Later tan printed paper boards, later burgundy silk chemise. Cohn 182. According to Cohn, many copies of this work, including the present one, were bound in facsimile boards, with facsimile title-pages, in 1906, from loose plates sold at the Edwin Truman sale held at Sotheby's in May 1905 and completed with impressions from the copper plates which were also sold at that sale. With 5 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, each signed, titled, "An Organ Grinder", "May Day", "The Parish Beadle" and two with partially-illegible captions, contained in a later burgundy silk chemise.