A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm

Hart-Davis, Rupert . A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 258pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Minor rubbing to corners. Some scuffing to covers. Minor creasing to dj. Two small tears to upper edge of dj. Frontispiece. Light water staining to frontispiece and title page not affecting picture or text. Part one lists [in alphabetical order by personal name] 1834 caricatures with their captions – some of which are almost short essays – and a note of where the work was exhibited and reproduced and its present ownership. Part Two lists Imaginary People and Allegorical Subjects. 100 selected plates (some full page) of drawings. Inludes indices for Titles, Books and Periodicals, Owners. Overall very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (11512) $45