Punch's Merry Pranks Poor Richard Improved appear white instead of cream

appear white instead of cream color

the work reflects the period’s shift toward blending rigorous historical instruction with engaging moral narrative

color pictorial glazed linen wrappers with light touches of rubbing to corners and spine

and copies retaining the fragile publisher's paper dust wrapper are of the utmost rarity

Although published here by the photographer Chas

Punch's Merry Pranks Poor Richard Improved appear white instead of cream(Punch and Judy) PUNCH'S MERRY PRANKS. Leipsic: Friedrich Volckmar; London: William Tegg & Co., and A. & S. Joseph, Myers & Co., [between 1850 1860]. FIRST EDITION. 4to 10 5 8" x 8 3 16". Brown cloth backed, brown paper covered boards with an extensive and elaborate wood engraved decoration and lettering all printed in black, identical in design to the title page, to front cover, and a small central wood engraved ornament within a three line border,