Shelfmark
Ib3.4.09
Author
Title
The comic English grammar; : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue, by the author of The comic Latin grammar. / embellished with upwards of fifty characteristic illustrations by J. Leech
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington street., 1840.
Physical description
xii, 228 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Anonymous. By Leigh Percival
Note
Signatures: [A]⁶ B-U⁶
Note
With a half-title page.
Note
Colophon: "London: printed by Samuel Bentley, Bangor House, Shoe Lane".
Note
Publisher's cover with gold tooled image pasted on rear flyleaf.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
19th century brown calf binding; gold tooled spine; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gold tooled fillets around the perimeter.
Copy-specific note
Binder's stamp on front free endpaper's verso: "Bound by Riviere & Son".
Subject
English language Grammar.
Subject
English wit and humor.
Added entry--name
Leech, John, 1817 - 1864 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Bentley, Richard, 1794 - 1871 publisher.
Added entry--name
Bentley, Samuel, 1785 - 1868 printer.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Riviere & Son binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35336