![A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You [caption title]. HENRY AND JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY COLE.](/pictures/thumb/27465.jpg?v=1549654544)
London: Published at Summerly’s Home Treasury Office, 12 Old Bond Street, [1843]. Edition: The first printed Christmas card with a proof of the card. Bibliographical References: See: Buday, George. The History of the Christmas Card. London, 1954; McLean, Ruari. Joseph Cundall, A Victorian Publisher. London, 1976; Elliot, Jock. Inventing Christmas... More
![Bookseller & Author / Published by H. Brocas at No. 88 Dame Street Dublin / Engraved by H. Brocas [caption title]. THOMAS ROWLANDSON.](/pictures/thumb/27318.jpg?v=1538850372)
Dublin: H. Brocas, [1784 or later]. Edition: An unauthorized issue. An Irish aquatint after the caricature by Thomas Rowlandson, first published in London Sept. 25, 1784, with the famous scene depicting the bookseller looking unsympathetically at the struggling author who is pleading his case, manuscript in hand. Brocas was a.... More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1745. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC T20407. A satire on unscrupulous politicians - particularly those involved with the "broad bottom" coalition which came to power in 1744 - with a sensational engraving by William Hogarth depicting Tory leaders with flabby bottoms, relieving... More