FAIRBURN, John (1789 ? 1840). Fairburn?s Account of the Mermaid, The Most Extraordinary Animal in the Creation, Half Woman & Half Fish. London: J. Fairburn, 1822. With a folding colored frontispiece bearing two engraved images of the mermaid by Cruikshank. Polished olive calf ruled in gilt with gilt turn-ins, tooled spine, and gilt-lettered title label (spine and extremities rubbed considerably, minor splitting at base of front board). [1-5], 6 ? 32. Octavo in fours. Armorial bookplate. In an archival folder. Very good.