Thomas Ingoldsby — The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels

New Burlington Street, Richard Bentley and Son, 1885. Leather. A illustrated copy of Thomas Ingoldsby infamous 'Ingoldsby Legends', in a leather binding. A leather bound edition of Thomas Ingoldsby's 'The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth & Marvels&apos. Illustrated throughout, with fifty illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech and Tenniel. Richard Harris Barham, or as he was mostly known, Thomas Ingoldsby, was a cleric for the Church of England. His most famous achievement was his series of works under the title 'The Ingoldsby Legends&apos. A series of myths legends, stories and poetry, they began as a regular series for Bentley's Magazine. There we incredible successful and we compiled into books, which were published throughout the 18th century, continuing in the 19th century. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown reads, 'Perry Short&apos. In full leather binding. Externally, sound. Rubbing to the spine, havier to the head and tail. Slight rubbing also to the extremities. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. Some spotting to the bookplate and also to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Front hinge slightly strained, but firm. Some spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last pages. Good . Ill.: Cruikshank; Leech; Tenniel. Good .