Item #192590 SIXTY CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES RESPECTING EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERS. John CECIL.
SIXTY CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES RESPECTING EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERS.
SIXTY CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES RESPECTING EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERS.

SIXTY CURIOUS AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES RESPECTING EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERS.

London, Published by William Hone, 1819. First Edition. 8vo. pp.288 with an engraved frontispiece by Cruikshank. Titles in red and black/ original black calf with raised bands and gilt detailing to spine and boards/ some rubbing to extremities marbled endpapers and foxing to the title page.Interesting contemporary binding. Item #192590

William Hone used the pseudonym John Cecil to publish a serious of controversial pieces. William Hone was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom.

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