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Clever stories of many nations / rendered in rhyme by John G. Saxe, illustrated by W.L. Champney.

Accession number
PML 88828
Creator
Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887.
Published
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by John G. Saxe in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York"--verso of t.p.
"University Press : Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Cambridge"--verso of t.p.
Extra engraved t.p.
Engraved illustrations unsigned, initials, and tail-pieces throughout.
"William Little, Christmas 1864"--signature in black ink on fly-leaf.
"Isabel Little"--signature in pencil on fly-leaf.
Description
192 p. : ill. (engravings) ; 19.5 x 14.5 cm
Provenance
William Little, signature; Isabel Little, signature; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's brown pictorial pebble-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind, with brown end-papers, beveled edges, and edges gilt.
Classification
Department