An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Small hardback published in 1809 by Thomas Tegg.
A new edition corrected, revised and illustrated with five hand colour plates from designs by George Woodward , folding frontis after Thomas Rowlandson.
160 pages very foxed, lacking endpapers, pastedowns worn with some loss and writing on the inside board. Frontis has a repair on the rear. Boards worn with handwritten title on the front, some loss, corners particularly worn. Some marks on pages.
Measures 18 x 11 cms. A well used copy.