Accession number
PML 88991
Published
London : George Routledge & Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill ; New York, 9 Lafayette Place, [1883]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"London: Printed by Edmund Evans, Racquet Court, Fleet St."--verso of t.p.
Date from the "Osborne collection of early children's books".
A birthday book: each page divided into three days, with color-engraved pictures, Bible verses, and poems by various authors pertaining to the day; interleaved with red ruled blank leaves.
Color engraved pictorial compartment framing the title page, and signed W. Foster; text pages printed within gold rule borders.
Half title.
Subject index on pp. 132-[136]
"D.B. Friend, 77, Western Road. Brighton"--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Date from the "Osborne collection of early children's books".
A birthday book: each page divided into three days, with color-engraved pictures, Bible verses, and poems by various authors pertaining to the day; interleaved with red ruled blank leaves.
Color engraved pictorial compartment framing the title page, and signed W. Foster; text pages printed within gold rule borders.
Half title.
Subject index on pp. 132-[136]
"D.B. Friend, 77, Western Road. Brighton"--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Description
5-135, [1] p., [62] blank leaves : col. ill. (wood engravings) ; 14 x 12 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's cream-colored pictorial bead-grain cloth, stamped in black, yellow, and green, with green endpapers and edges.
Classification
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