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EGERTON, D.T.
Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz.
D. T. Egerton (1797-1842) was a noted British landscape painter who was sadly murdered in 1841 in Mexico. This is a most scarce and thoroughly enchanting sarcastic work on social life in England.
- Published
- London: [McLean] 1824.
- References
- Tooley 203; Abbey Life 287; Prideaux p.361; Bobins II 643; Colas 937.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: [McLean] 1824.
- Ref
- 582
Three-quarter olive morocco with twin rule in gilt over green cloth boards; title in gilt to spine; Oblong 4vo with12 hand-coloured plates - all signed Design'd & Etched by D.T. Egerton, and have an engraved caption below the picture. Bookplates of: "R.N.H. Moore Stevens" & "Robert Lionel Forster" to front pastedown. Prelims foxed. Coloured plates in order: 1. The Silent Rebuke. 2. The Leech. 3. The Tables Turn'd. 4. The Unfortunate Discovery. 5. The Insolence of Office. 6. the Trial of Nerves. 7. The Pressing Invitation. 8. The Disappointment. 9. The Unpleasant Recontre. 10. The Unwelcome Visit. 11. Vis a Vis. 12. The Finishing Bore.
