Shelfmark
Ib2.1.14 - Ib2.1.15
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.1.16
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.1.17
Author
Title
The English spy : an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious / Drawn from the life by Bernard Blackmantle [pseud.] The illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : published by Sherwood, Jones, and co. Paternoster-Row., 1825-1826.
Physical description
2 v. : col. front., ill., col. plates ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Note
Published in numbers and continued as the St. James's royal magazine and gazette of fashion, literature, and the fine arts, etc.
Note
Title vignette.
Note
Imprint varies: vol. 2 "Published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper".
Note
On title page verso: "London: printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars".
Formatted contents note
Contents: [Ib2.1.17] The five principal orders of Eton. -- Election Saturday. -- Life in Eton. -- Apollo's visit to Eton. -- Recollections of an Old Etonian. -- Eton Montem. -- Farewell to Eton.
Provenance
[Ib2.1.14 - Ib2.1.15] and [Ib2.1.16] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib2.1.14 - Ib2.1.15] and [Ib2.1.16] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
[Ib2.1.17] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
[Ib2.1.14 - Ib2.1.15] 19th century calf; gold tooled fillets around the perimeter; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; rebacked retaining the original gold tooled spine covering material.
Binding
[Ib2.1.16] and [Ib2.1.17] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Ib2.1.16] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Copy-specific note
[Ib2.1.16] ECL copy imperfect: only contains pp. 1-80 (with accompanying plates) from vol. 1.
Copy-specific note
[Ib2.1.17] ECL copy imperfect: only contains pp. 49-124 (with accompanying plates) from vol. 1.
Subject
Satire, English
Subject
Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.
Added entry--name
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789 - 1856 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Davison, Thomas, ? - 1831 printer.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sherwood, Jones, and Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34995