Lot 261
[Anon] The Loyalist; or, Anti-Radical: Consisting of Three Departments: Satyrical, Miscellaneous, and Historical, 8 original parts, as issued, first edition, 9 [?of 10] engraved plates, including 3 by George Cruikshank, hand-coloured, some browning, original wrappers, some lacking, with later chemise and slipcase, 8vo, London: William Wright, 1820-1821, sold as a periodical, not subject to return
RARE. This publication by William Wright was intended to agitate support for Caroline of Brunswick, then wife of George IV and future Queen of England. The attempts by George IV to obtain divorce were thwarted by Caroline's popularity with the British people. The pagination runs consecutively, but Part 3 appears to have been issued last, in January 1821.
