THE GENUINE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH; ILLUSTRATED WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES, A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE, AND COMMENTARY [THREE VOLUMES]
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808/1810/1817. First Editions. Quartos, 3 volumes; VG; bound in contemporary unsigned polished calf, boards with stamping in blind, rules in gilt, paneled spines with gilt stamping, gilt titling, later rebackings with boards and spines preserved; edges of text block marbled, marbled endpapers; some rubbing and general shelfwear, bumping to corners; bookplate of Robert Thomas Thomson to front pastedowns; with 212/213 plates, Vol 1: 62/63 plates, lacking plate IX of Hudibras, Vol 2: with 100 plates, Vol 3: with 50 plates; shelved above US Politics. More