Accession number
PML 145911
Published
London ; New York : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [ca. 1870?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Wood engraved vignettes by Duhamel after Fellmann on t.p. and t.p. verso.
Evidently a reissue of the 1867 edition published by Alexander Strahan, with the same publisher's binding and canceled t.p.
The illustrations originally published in the magazines Good words, the Sunday magazine, and the Argosy.
Illustrations printed within decorative gold borders.
Engravings by Dalziel and Swain after J. Pettie, A.B. Houghton, J.D. Watson, J.E. Millais, J.W. North, R.P. Leitch, W. Small, J. Mahoney, M.E. Edwards, G.J. Pinwell, T. Dalziel, R. Barnes, F. Walker, Marcus Stone, M.J. Lawless, E. Hughes, W. Orchardson, John Tenniel, Paul Gray, J. Wolf, and T. Graham.
Evidently a reissue of the 1867 edition published by Alexander Strahan, with the same publisher's binding and canceled t.p.
The illustrations originally published in the magazines Good words, the Sunday magazine, and the Argosy.
Illustrations printed within decorative gold borders.
Engravings by Dalziel and Swain after J. Pettie, A.B. Houghton, J.D. Watson, J.E. Millais, J.W. North, R.P. Leitch, W. Small, J. Mahoney, M.E. Edwards, G.J. Pinwell, T. Dalziel, R. Barnes, F. Walker, Marcus Stone, M.J. Lawless, E. Hughes, W. Orchardson, John Tenniel, Paul Gray, J. Wolf, and T. Graham.
Description
[4], 98 leaves, 98 leaves of plates : ill. (wood engraving) ; 33 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Gift inscription on verso of front flyleaf: New Year gift 1890 from P.T. Renuard 17 South Street Thurloe Sqr. South Kensington To M.A.E. Walden.
Provenance
Mary A.E. Walden; from the libraries of J.N. Hart and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gold and blind, signed with designer's initials "A.W." [i.e. Albert Warren] and the name of the original publisher, "Alexander Strahan", at foot of spine; bound by Virtue & Co., with their ticket.
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