PHILIP OF LUTETIA; or The Revolution of 1789. An Historical Romance. Illustrated on Steel by Robert Cruikshank. Being the Last Series of The Chronicles of the Bastille.
Edition: First Edition
London: T.C. Newby, 1848. First book edition, bound from sheets of the parts issue. viii, 434 pp + engraved title and 21 plates by Robert Cruikshank. Bound without the leaf of ads at rear. Old half calf and marbled boards, spine label, marbled page edges. Ex library, with evidence of removed labels to spine; partial cracks to outer joints of front cover but board still firmly attached; rubber stamp and pouch to front free endpaper; rubber stamp to page edges; browning from offsetting of binding to corners of en dpapers and a few leaves at front and rear; 1848 ink name to top margin of title page; bit of scuffing to edges of covers. Internally fine and unfoxed. Part three of The Chronicles of the Bastille, published London: Newby, 1845-48. Wolff 1156. Not in Block, Sadleir, Allibone. Note: a bit over 1 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.