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    By John Kay; Hugh Paton
    Edinburgh   Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder
    10.5" by 8" iv, iv, ix, [1], 430, v-xix; [2], iv, xi, [1], 472pp, iv
    A lavishly illustrated series of caricatures by the Scottish artist John Kay, illustrated with a total of three hundred and fifty eight plates.
    By John Kay; Hugh Paton

    1837-38 A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings

    Edinburgh   Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder
    10.5" by 8" iv, iv, ix, [1], 430, v-xix; [2], iv, xi, [1], 472pp, iv
    A lavishly illustrated series of caricatures by the Scottish artist John Kay, illustrated with a total of three hundred and fifty eight plates.
    £950.00
    : 6kgs / : 878P18
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The first edition.

    Complete in two volumes.

    A lovely work exploring the caricatures of John Kay, a noted Scottish artist who published his first caricature in 1784, depicting James Robertson of Kincraigie, "the daft highland laird".

    This lavishly illustrated work provides a unique look at the social life of Edinburgh during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

    Volume I is illustrated with one-hundred and seventy-two plates.

    Volume II is illustrated with one-hundred and eighty-six plates.

    Collated, complete. 

    John Kay had a shop on the Royal Mile, selling miniatures and caricatures, however the shop was destroyed during the November 1834 Great Edinburgh Fire.

    This work was collected and edited by the publisher, Hugh Paton.

    Bookplate of Robert Roy Paterson to the front paste downs.

    Condition

    In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, the front board of Volume I is detached but present, rear joint is starting a little with cracks to the the leather. Smaller cracks to the head and tail of the rear joint of Volume II. Spines are faded. Lacking the second spine label to each volume. Leather is rubbed, with lighter rubbing to the boards. Light marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss of leather to the head and tail of the spines. Rear hinge of Volume I is weak. Front hinge of Volume II is starting, rear hinge is strained but remains firm. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Pages 277/278 in Volume I and 47/48 in Volume II are torn with no loss.

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