40 pages with a major ink stain and corners missing


And what about the missing bits can they be replaced?


catchword and the last part of the text in the commentry

Missing bits of 17thC woodcuts


page tears re-joined
Paper and Page Restoration:
A 1st edition, 1st issue Pickwick Papers.
Only 400 1st issue plates were printed
before the illustrator, R.Seymore committed
suicide "under circumstances of a very
distressing nature", leaving 2 unfinished
plates before publication.
This plate is called "Mr Pickwick in the Pound"
and the "points" of issue are of course,
the two donkeys. You can see the donkeys
a little better in the restored plate below.

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