Hogarth’s Works: with Life and Anecdotal Descriptions of the Pictures, by John Ireland and John Nichols. The Work includes 160 Engravings, reduced in exact facsimile of the Original Plates, specimens of which have now become very scarce. The whole in Three Series, 8vo, cloth, gilt, 22s. 6d.; or, separately, 7s. 6d. per volume. Each Series is Complete in itself.
THE TALKING HAND.
“Will be a great boon to authors and artists as well as amateurs.... Very cheap and very complete.”—Standard.
“For all practical purposes the three handsome volumes comprising this edition are equal to a collection of Hogarthian prints. We are quite sure that any one who adds this work to his library will be amply repaid by the inexhaustible charms of its facsimile prints.”—Birmingham Daily Mail.
“The plates are reduced in size, but yet truthfully reproduced. The best and cheapest edition of Hogarth’s complete works yet brought forward.”—Building News.
“Three very interesting volumes, important and valuable additions to the library. The edition is thoroughly well brought out, and carefully printed on fine paper.”—Art Journal.
Hogarth’s Five Days’ Frolic; or, Peregrinations by Land and Water. Illustrated with Tinted Drawings, made by Hogarth and Scott during the Journey. 4to, beautifully printed, cloth, extra gilt, 10s. 6d.
*** A graphic and most extraordinary picture of the hearty English times in which these merry artists lived.