GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK 1st 1845 FINE BINDING ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN HUMOR ANTIQUE & VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES The first edition is different

The first edition is different from any other editions with the size of the cards being larger than later editions

"A Treatise Concerning the Treasure and Most Precious Stone of the Philosophers or the Method and Procedure of this Divine Art

The boards and binding are solid and tight and show minimal wear

Staining on outside back board and light discoloration on lower spine

First (modern) Edition

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK 1st 1845 FINE BINDING ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN HUMOR ANTIQUE & VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES The first edition is differentGEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE BOOK Book Details + Condition: The Punch Office (London). First Edition, 1845. Fine binding hardcover. Brown Moroccan full leather boards with raised bands on spine. Hand colored blue and white watercolor endpapers with gilt design borders. All edges gilt. 284 pages with 12 steel engraving and 116 woodcut illustrations by George Cruikshank. Large illustrated collection of short stories and poems from noted authors of the day