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The royal illuminated book of legends : narrated in antient ballad form ; with appropriate music, arranged in an easy style, for voice and pianoforte, suited to little folks or great folks, and minstrels of all degrees / each story, or legend, illustrated by a set of brilliant pictures, designed in the quaint spirit of mediaeval times, and printed in colors and gold, by Marcus Ward, illuminator to the Queen.

Accession number
PML 88854
Published
Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo, [187-?]
Credit line
Gift of LIncoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Sixteen full page color illustrations, signed Marcus Ward & Co.
"For Clara with Love from "Uncle Jimmy" July 19th 1879"--inscription in black and red ink on fly-leaf.
Description
[30] leaves : col. ill., music ; 20.5 x 28.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's green bead-grain cloth, blocked in black and blind, with two pictorial lithograph glazed paper illustrations in red, blue, black, white, and gold pasted on upper cover.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books