BENNETT, Charles. The Book of Blockheads. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co, 1863. 8vo, iv 54pp + [2] advts. Blue cloth with front pictorially stamped in gilt and decoratively in blind. Pale orange endpapers; 27 hand-colored plates (including title page). Rebacked. Edges a bit rubbed, cover less so, spine lightly sunned, light foxing, else a clean, tight copy.

 

First edition. A satirical collection of short stories and anecdotes that poke fun at human folly and foolishness, wonderfully captured in Bennett’s stunning hand-colored plates.