Accession number
PML 89028
Creator
Lee, Holme, 1828-1900.
Published
London : Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden ; New York : Scribner, Welford & Co., 1868.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Holme Lee is the pseudonym for Harriet Parr.
Added engraved t.p. with title: Legends from Fairy-land, signed E. Evans sc.
Twenty-two full-page engraved illustrations, including frontispiece and extra t.p., variously signed: HS, E. Evans sc., EE, W.J. Linton sc., Dalziel, and SW.
The plates are interleaved with blank guard sheets.
Illustration facing p. 442 is hand-colored by a previous owner.
Publisher's advertisements on eight pages, following the text.
"Bound by W. Bone & Son. 76 Fleet St. London E.C."--binder's ticket inside lower cover.
"Josephine R. Collins From dear Pa Christmas 1868"--inscription in pencil on fly-leaf.
Added engraved t.p. with title: Legends from Fairy-land, signed E. Evans sc.
Twenty-two full-page engraved illustrations, including frontispiece and extra t.p., variously signed: HS, E. Evans sc., EE, W.J. Linton sc., Dalziel, and SW.
The plates are interleaved with blank guard sheets.
Illustration facing p. 442 is hand-colored by a previous owner.
Publisher's advertisements on eight pages, following the text.
"Bound by W. Bone & Son. 76 Fleet St. London E.C."--binder's ticket inside lower cover.
"Josephine R. Collins From dear Pa Christmas 1868"--inscription in pencil on fly-leaf.
Description
[4], vi, [2], 511, [1], 8 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 19 x 14 cm
Provenance
Josephine R. Collins, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red bead-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind, with beveled edges, bound by Bone & Son.
Classification
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