
Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
150 - 200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DORÉ, GUSTAVE AND BLANCHARD JERROLD
LONDON, A PILGRIMAGE. LONDON: GRANT & CO., 1872
folio (417 x 300mm.), additional pictorial title, frontispiece, 52 plates with printed tissue guards, numerous illustrations within the text, original green morocco gilt lettered on covers and spine, gilt edges, one plate slightly torn, binding somewhat rubbed
A fascinating snapshot of contemporary London, including much Dickensian squalor (including an opium den).
Chelsea Public Libraries, bookplate and embossed stamp on cover, and withdrawn stamp on verso of title-page