Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

London: Charles Tilt, 1833. Two parts in one volume. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated with an engraved hand-colored frontispiece and 15 engraved hand-colored plates; each plate with accompanying letterpress text. Full black morocco, ruled in blind, lettered in gilt, light rubbing to joints, top corners lightly worn; all edges gilt; light offsetting from plates; original pink wrappers bound in. Gumuchian 2527

A fine copy of this rare work, featuring 16 amusing engravings of London Cries, done in the manner of Arcimboldo and the French tradition of costumes or habits grotesques.