Accession number
PML 84569
Creator
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Published
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1861]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Frederick Koch, 1981.
Notes
The first expanded edition, and the first illustrated with wood engravings and typeset.
Dated by Schiller and Noakes.
Illustrations by the author, engraved by the Dalziel brothers.
On verso of t.p.: seal of the Camden Press, and on l. [112]: Dalziel Brothers, Camden Press, London.
Except t.p., printed on one side of the leaf only.
Bound out of order. The third limerick is first, and leaves 38-41 appear in reverse order.
PML copy imperfect: lacking dedication leaf.
Dated by Schiller and Noakes.
Illustrations by the author, engraved by the Dalziel brothers.
On verso of t.p.: seal of the Camden Press, and on l. [112]: Dalziel Brothers, Camden Press, London.
Except t.p., printed on one side of the leaf only.
Bound out of order. The third limerick is first, and leaves 38-41 appear in reverse order.
PML copy imperfect: lacking dedication leaf.
Description
[1], 111, [1] leaves : ill. (wood engravings) ; 15 x 22 cm.
Binding
Red publisher's cloth spine, pictorial boards reproducing the title page.
Classification
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