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Little Known But Very Appealing

 

BUCKLER, GEORGE B. Two Hundred & Seventy Original Comic Ink Sketches with Brief Titles (sometimes explanatory text), ca. 1831-32. [London?: 1831-32]. Thick 4to album, lacking front cover.  Most sketches 3" x 4." or 4" x 4". A few larger, a few smaller. $7,500.00

 

Buckler's comic illusrations appeared in Hood's Comic  Almanac, Sheridan's Almanac, Falstaff's New Comic Almanac, and other English humor magazines of the period. Some were pirated and appeared in American comic almanacs.

Highly skilled satiric looks at society and events of the day.