Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities

The edition most often associated with the title in the market -- with hand-colored aquatint plates by Henry Alken -- is the 1843 Ackermann second edition, not the 1838 Spiers true first, which carries plates by Phiz instead. A separately withdrawn Alken portrait plate of Jorrocks, 'A Citizen of Credit and Renown,' is known from only one located example and belongs to that later 1843 edition; it has no bearing on identifying a genuine 1838 first.