1863 GHOSTS 1ed Discovery Ghouls Occult Spirits George Cruikshank Caricature Art

1863 GHOSTS 1^ed Discovery Ghouls Occult Spirits George Cruikshank Caricature Art

George Cruikshank was one of the most prolific book illustrators of 19^th-century England. His caricature illustrations most famously appeared in some of the works of Charles Dickens. He regularly depicted English life and satirized politics and social customs, especially slavery and abolitionist reforms. Being disturbed by the American spiritualist and séance fad going around he applied his satire to the idea of ghosts claiming that clearly it was all a hoax as ghosts always appear clothed and for that to be true clothes would have to be a part of the soul, which can only be absurd.

This 1863 first edition includes 9 black and white woodcuts of varying sizes throughout!

Item number: #14399

Price: $750

CRUIKSHANK, George (illust.)

A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a rap at the “Spirit-Rappers”.

London: Frederick Arnold, [1863]. First edition

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages:
  • 48
  • 9 engravings
• Language: English
• Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~9.75in X 6in (24.5cm x 15.5cm)

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