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A book of drolleries / edited by Aunt Louisa ; with illustrations printed in colours, and musical accompaniment.

Accession number
PML 88847
Creator
Valentine, L. (Laura), 1814-1899.
Published
London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Strand ; Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, [187?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Each leaf has a large horizontal, mainly unsigned illustration with the corresponding verse below, followed by a line of the piano arrangement of the verse, and in some cases, the music for the chorus at the bottom. Some of the illustrations for "A frog" are signed W.J.W. (William J. Wiegand)
Printed on one side of leaf, only. Blank sheets separate the illustrations.
Publisher's advertisements on the last six leaves.
Description
[67] leaves : col. ill., music ; 27 x 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red, pictorial sand-grain cloth, blocked in gold, black, and blind.
Classification
Department