A rarity from the ‘Court of Queen Vic’ sells at Cambridge auction
A comic picture book issued by Fores in 1842 and titled ‘The Brother to the Moon’s Visit to the Court of Queen Vic’ would appear to be a great rarity, and a copy offered by Cheffins of Cambridge on February 22 made a much higher than predicted £1900.
Inspired by a successful conclusion (for the British, at least) of the first Opium War in China in t…