Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877. 361 engraved plates, lightly and evenly toned from the old tissue guards. 210; 445; 276; 504 pages. 4 volumes, Short thick 4tos, 3/4 contemporary pebbled brown morocco with decoratively gilt spines, extremities rubbed. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1877. A very good(+) set. 'A contemporary of Rowlandson and Gillray, though far more gentle in his wit, Kay produced scenes of Edinburgh characters and of comic events in contemporary Edinburgh society which won a popular..... More