A large grey cat leaped from some neighbouring shelf

Sir John Gilbert

1863

10.2 x 8.2 cm vignetted

Photogravure

Frontispiece to the​​​ ​ first ​volume of Dickens's Bleak House, in the​ ​Sheldon & Co. (New York) Household​ ​ Edition (1861-71).

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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham from his own collection.

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