Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire David Carey Humour

An exceptional example of the first edition of David Carey's satirical portrait of Paris, with hand coloured plates by David Cruikshank, and in a signed calf binding by Hatchards. The first edition of this work. Originally issued in parts, this is the first edition in book form.Illustrated with a vignette to the title page, alongside a hand-coloured frontispiece and twenty further hand-coloured plates by George Cruikshank. With a further twenty-two vignette wood engravings.Collated, complete.David Carey details the rollicking adventures of a collection of young English Gentlemen enjoying life to the full in ParisBound without the half title, and without the directions to binder leaf to the rear.Rebound in full calf by Hatchards, with endpapers renewed.Described in Abbey, Travel as 'one of the best imitations of Pierce Egan's 'Life in London', 1821'. In a full calf signed binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. Endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent, with a touch of fading to back strip and to front board head, as is common with calf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd light handling mark, and with spotting to plates and leaves facing them. Neat repairs to gutter of final text leaf, not affecting text. Very Good Indeed