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Life in Paris : comprising the rambles, sprees, and amours of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian celebrity, and his bang-up companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton : with the whimsical adventures of the Halibut family : including sketches of a variety of other eccentric characters in the French metropolis / by David Carey ; with twenty-one coloured plates by George Cruikshank.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, David, 1782-1824.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs.
- Paris (France).
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs--Humor.
- France--Description and travel.
- France.
- Manners and customs.
- Travel.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Humor.
- Aquatints (prints) -- Color.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 489 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Fairburn, 1822.
- Notes:
- "To the binder..."--leaf bound in at end.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy imperfect: all leaves of hand-colored plates wanting. Also, not in original binding.
- RBC copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Craig D. Ritchie Bequest Fund.
- Cited in:
- Reid, G.W. Cruikshank, 4773
- Cohn, A.M. Cruikshank bibliographical catalogue, 104
- Cohn, A.M. Cruikshank catalogue raisonné, 109
- Douglas, R.J.H. Cruikshank, 43
- Marchmont, F. Three Cruikshanks, 84
- Other Format:
- Online version: Carey, David, 1782-1824. Life in Paris.
- OCLC:
- 1936919
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