April 12, 2024
1926 INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or MIRTH & MARVELS Cruikshank, Leech, Barham; Leather Bnd
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1926 INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or MIRTH & MARVELS Illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech, Barham – In Leather Binding "The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels" with Twenty Illustrations on Steel by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham. MacMillan and Co., Limited. St. Martin’s Street, London, 1926. The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, a pen-name of a Church of England clergyman named Richard Harris Barham (1788 –1845) who was a novelist, and humorous poet. John Leech (1817 –1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator.The best technical qualities of Leech's art, his precision and vivacity in the use of the line, are seen most clearly in the first sketches for his woodcuts, and in the more finished drawings made on tracing-paper from these first outlines, before the chiaroscuro was added and the designs were transcribed by the engraver. (wiki) George Cruikshank (1792 –1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. (wiki) Condition: Cover and Spine : Book is leather bound and preserved and protected in milar. Gilt decorative border with gold lettering and decorations on spine. Corners
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