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[LONGSTREET, AUGUSTUS B.]. Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c., in the First Half Century of the Republic. By a Native Georgian. Second Edition. With Original Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1840].  12mo. 214 pp. Illustrated with plates. Contemp. 3/4 calf. . $100.00

 

Early illustrated edition of the author's first book (first issued in 1835), preceded only by two orations. Howes L 448. Sabin 41936. Wright I, 1722, note. BAL 12946, note. "The search for other interesting examples of humorous book illustration of this period has proved regrettably unsuccessful, with the notable exception of Harper's 1840 edition of Longstreet's very popular Georgia Scenes. This is illustrated with fourteen [?] small etchings by an unknown hand. The little plates are very skillfully done, and although the drawing betrays indebtedness to Cruikshank the sensitiveness and whimsicality displayed are the qualities of a true graphic artist."-Murrell.