Ashton, John. Old Times: A Picture of Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century. Collected, and illustrated from the satirical and other sketches of the day. With Eighty-Eight Illustrations. London: John C. Nimmo, 1885
Half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt spines, top edge gilt. , xii, 354 pp., Eighty-eight tinted plates.
Spines a bit darkened, corners and joints lightly rubbed. A good, clean copy., Ashton (b. 1834) is the author of a number of valuable books on English popular culture, including Real Sailor-Songs (1891), A History of English Lotteries (1893), and A Righte Merrie Christmasse! (1894), all published by the Leadenhall Press. Other publications include Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, and Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century.
$US200
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