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Author: William Harrison AINSWORTH. (Hablot Knight Browne, illustrator).
Title: Crichton. A Romance. With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall, 1849. 3rd Edition revised (stated).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9.5 " X 6 ".
Pages: vi-353 pages.
Binding: Attractive and fine gilt decorated full morocco leather binding, finely bound and signed by Launder (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. An exquisite binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - mainly on the preliminary and title page - as shown, armorial bookplate on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with the 18 beautiful engraved full-page plates by Hablot Knight Browne.

The book: Very attractive edition in an exquisite Launder binding of Ainsworth's  Crichton with the beautiful illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.

The illustrator: Hablot Knight Browne (10 July 1815 – 8 July 1882) was an English artist and illustrator. Well-known by his pen name, Phiz, he illustrated books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth.

The author: William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.