1863 GHOSTS 1ed
Discovery Ghouls Occult Spirits George Cruikshank Caricature Art
George
Cruikshank was one of the most prolific book illustrators of 19th-century
England. His caricature illustrations most famously appeared in some of the
works of Charles Dickens. He regularly depicted English life and satirized
politics and social customs, especially slavery and abolitionist reforms. Being
disturbed by the American spiritualist and séance fad going around he applied
his satire to the idea of ghosts claiming that clearly it was all a hoax as
ghosts always appear clothed and for that to be true clothes would have to be a
part of the soul, which can only be absurd.
This 1863 first edition includes 9 black and white
woodcuts of varying sizes throughout!
Item number:
#14399
Price: $750
CRUIKSHANK, George (illust.)
A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a rap at the
"Spirit-Rappers".
London: Frederick Arnold, [1863]. First edition
Details:
· Collation complete with all
pages:
o 48
o 9 engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; tight and
secure
· Size: ~9.75in X 6in (24.5cm x 15.5cm)
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