The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels 1864 1st Cruikshank Illustrated Edition

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

By Thomas Ingoldsby

Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1864. First Illustrated edition. Full leather with gilt, 4to, pp xii, 427, [i]. With 60 illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and john Tenniel.

CONDITION
In good condition. The leather binding is good with and hinges are secure, endpapers good with the front one having an inscription, pages complete and good throughout with some light spotting to the prelims. All illustrations present and in good order. Overall a good copy.

The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham.

The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published by Richard Bentley in 1840, 1842 and 1847. They remained popular during the 19th century, when they ran through many editions. They were illustrated by artists including John Leech, George Cruikshank, John Tenniel, and Arthur Rackham (1898 edition).