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National nursery rhymes and nursery songs / set to original music by J.W. Elliott ; with illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

Accession number
PML 89064
Creator
Elliott, J. W. (James William), 1833-1915.
Published
London : George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill : Novello, Ewer, and Co., Berners Street, W., and 80 Queen Street, E.C., [187?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Half title.
Title page vignette, owl playing the lyre.
According to the Contents list [p. 9-10] the illustrations are engraved by the Brothers Dalziel from designs by various artists.
Four full-page engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, and engraved vignettes illustrating each song, variously signed: Dalziel, Ernest Griset, E.G., F.A.F., F.S.W., W. Small, Z., W.J.W., E.G.D., J.M., A.B.H., H.S.M., and A.H.
Frontispiece accompanied by blank guard sheet.
"Dalziel Brothers Engravers & Printers. Camden Press"--device on verso of t.p.
"Bound by Novello Southwark"--binder's ticket inside lower cover.
Publishers' advertisements on last four pages: "Dalziel's Fine Art Books" ; George Routledge and Sons, "Illustrated editions of Hans C. Andersen's Works" ; and Novello, Ewer & Co.'s "Circulating Music Library".
Description
[12], 110, [6] p. : music, ill. (wood engravings) ; 27 x 19 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's pictorial blue diagonal rib-grain cloth, blocked in gold and black: decorative title gilt, within by black-stamped pictorial frame; repeated in black on lower cover; with yellow endpapers, and beveled edges, gilt.
Classification
Department