Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by the Author of "Handley Cross", "Jorrocks's Jaunts", Etc., Etc. With Illustrations by John Leech. [11 hand colored plates] First Edition

Author: Surtees, Robert Smith

4to (5.375" x 8.25")1853. Surtees, Robert Smith. London: Bradbury and Evans. Half brown leather with corners, triple blind stamp rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with four gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title on gilt bordered black leather to second compartment, all over blind stamp design to all others. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed. Minor rubbing to boards. Front gutter starting. Illustrated by John Leech, hundreds of in text illustrations, 11 hand colored plates. A beautiful book.

From Wiki: John Leech (29 August 1817 - 29 October 1864) was English caricaturist and illustrator. He was best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy. Leech catered to contemporary prejudices, such as anti-Americanism and antisemitism and supported acceptable social reforms. Leech's critical yet humorous cartoons on the Crimean War helped shape public attitudes toward heroism, warfare, and Britons' role in the world. Leech also enjoys fame as the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. He was furthermore a pioneer in comics, creating the recurring character Mr. Briggs and some sequential illustrated gags.

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