c1880 'Ask Mamma;' or, the Richest Commoner in England

Description

'Subscription Edition', printed for subscribers from the plates of the original edition by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 

Illustrations include a hand-coloured frontispiece, a coloured title vignette engraving, twelve hand-coloured plates, nineteen full-page illustrations, and fifty-one in-text illustrations by John Leech (1817-1864). Leech was a British caricaturist and illustrator who contributed many drawings to 'Punch' magazine, and was also the first illustrator for Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. 

This is a wonderful copy of Surtees' humorous novel, titled ''Ask Mamma;', or, the Richest Commoner in England. The novel is described by the author as well suited for a lover of 'light' literature, with an uncomplicated plot and 'everyday exaggeration'. 

Contents include 'The Road', 'The Lady's Boudoir', 'The Pringle Correspondence', and 'The Wild Beast Itself'. 

Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. His father was Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, which made him a member of the County Durham family. He is best remembered for creating the figure of Jorrocks, who he first introduced through the comic papers in his self-founded 'New Sporting Magazine'. 

Undated, so dated from identical copies on Jisc.

Collated, complete.