Author: [ Leigh, Percival ]
Title: The Comic English Grammar ; A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, By The Author Of 'The Comic Latin Grammar'
Description: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1851, a new edition. Frond patterned cloth, VG. 154pp, marbled endpapers, many b/w illustrations by J Leech, cloth a little rubbed, paper a little yellowed & occasional grubby mark, a fair copy in a later Victorian binding, with the binders ticket of Hepworth, Kidderminster on the pastedown. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A popular humorous guide to the English Language which went through many editions in the mid Victorian period. Leigh & Leech worked on several comic books together & the popularity of the books saw the pair employed by Punch from 1841 onwards.

Keywords: humour, language, literature, grammar