The Life of a soldier; a narrative and descriptive poem. With eighteen engravings

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An excellent example with delicately coloured accompanying plates. In three quarter red morocco, over red cloth, gilt tooling, by Riviere & Son. Expertly re-spined, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [8], [1] tipped in errata, [1], 2-150 pp, 18 pls (hand coloured), bound with the errata slip but without the final leaf of advertisements, red marbled endpapers, small binders stamp to verso fep, hinges expertly repaired, a.e.g., plates dated 1823 & watermarked J Whatman 18.. Water-colourist and caricaturist, William Heath (1795-1840), worked mostly under the pseudonym of Paul Pry. He called himself 'Portrait and Military painter' and was reputed to be an 'ex-captain of dragoons' but is not recorded in the Army List. Heath began life as a draughtsman and his main claim to fame rests on his having produced the first caricature magazine in Europe, The Glasgow later Northern Looking-Glass, 1825-1826. Although this was a provincial work and without much text, it does pre-date Charles Philipon's similar publication. The height of his popularity fell between the years 1809-34, after which his humour was displaced by that of Robert Seymour and John Doyle (Houfe, p. 338). (259*184 m). (Abbey Life 361. Tooley 257. Priddeaux 340).