(LEECH, JOHN.) A'Beckett (Gilbert Abbott). The Comic History of England * The Comic History of Rome. First title complete in 2. Together, 3 volumes. Illustrated with hand-colored etched plates, and additional hand-colored woodcuts by Leech. 8vo, contemporary full red morocco uniformly bound by Root & Son, triple gilt fillet covers, floral cornerpieces, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, top edges and turn-ins gilt, spine heads skinned slightly; scattered minor foxing; cloth slipcase.. London, 1847-48; nd [1851]
first editions, with hand-colored woodcuts in the first two volumes in addition to the usual colored plates, seldom seen as such. First issue with half-titles printed in red in first two volumes.
