The infernal marriage / by Disraeli the younger ; decorations by John Austen.

Benjamin Disraeli Lord Beaconsfield

RA Collection: Book

Record number

09/334

Author

Imprint

London: William Jackson (Books) Ltd., 18 Tooks Court, E.C., 1929

Physical Description

85 pages : illustrations (part colour) ; 26 cm.

General Note

The printer is named on the verso of the title page: Printed in England at the Curwen Press, Plaistow.
`The proofs of this edition have been collated with The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal. Part the Second, 1834, pp. 293-304; 431-440, and Part the Third, 1834, pp. 30-38; 139-144. London: Published for Henry Colburn by Richard Bentley. Sold by all Booksellers.’ [verso of title page].
`Of this book there have been printed at The Curwen Press 850 copies, of which 800 numbered copies only are for sale. Numbers 1-200 being signed by the artist, and specially bound.’ [page preceding the half-title]

Copy Note

Copy number 117 of the 200 signed copies. Signed and numbered by the illustrator.

Binding Note

Original quarter green morocco over beige cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt: `The Infernal Marriage by Disraeli the Younger. William Jackson (Books) Ltd.'

Subject

Illustrated books
19th-century fiction
Satire

Contributors

John Austen, illustrator
William Jackson (Books) Ltd., publisher
The Curwen Press, printer