May 25, 2006 - Sale 2081

Sale 2081 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 2,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
COHN COPY, IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, WITH ALS CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE and ROBERT. The Universal Songster; or, Museum of Mirth. 3 etched frontispieces by George Cruikshank; 84 woodcut illustrations of which 24 are after George, 57 after Robert, and three after other artists. 3 volumes. 8vo, original pictorial boards, Volumes 2 and 3 rebacked with cloth, retaining original backstrips, moderate wear and darkening; "Citizen and Skinner" bookplates of Cruikshank bibliographer Albert M. Cohn; cloth chemises with additional Cohn bookplate and that of later owner. London: John Fairburn, 1825-26-28
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first edition, ex-collection albert cohn, with his notes