Ireland - [Lever (Charles)] & Browne (Hablot Knight, illustr...

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£280

Ireland - [Lever (Charles)] & Browne (Hablot Knight, illustrator), Confessions of Con Cregan, The Irish Gil Blas, 14 parts in 13 (as issued), first edition, London: W. S. Orr & Co., [n.d., 1849], illustrated with wood and steel engravings, adverts throughout (occasionally with pictorial vignettes), rare in original pictorial green wrappers, 8vo, [13]


Provenance: Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole (aka "The Squire"; 1792 – 1863), his ink MS ownership inscription to the upper-cover of each part, No. 1 only dated 1849 in MS, No. XIII & XIV inscribed and underlined: "Perfect" (the previous "12 Missing" having been struck through); by descent through the Chandos-Pole family and removed from the Library of Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire.