Accession number
PML 84617
Creator
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Published
London : Frederick Warne and Co. ... ; New York : Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, [between l872 and l878]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Notes
Armstrong was a partner of Scribner's from 1872-1878. NUC pre-1956 dates this ed. 188-? First colored ed. was ca. 1870.
5 color ill. engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers.
Printed on outer forme only.
Blank leaves inserted between facing printed leaves.
Total printed leaves: 54. Total blanks: 26.
Signatures: [pi]² 1-5⁸ 6¹²
Two or 3 limericks and pictures per leaf, 112 total.
Cover calls for "130 coloured illustrations."
5 color ill. engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers.
Printed on outer forme only.
Blank leaves inserted between facing printed leaves.
Total printed leaves: 54. Total blanks: 26.
Signatures: [pi]² 1-5⁸ 6¹²
Two or 3 limericks and pictures per leaf, 112 total.
Cover calls for "130 coloured illustrations."
Description
[80] leaves : [112] col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Provenance
Inscription: Richard Marris, 182 [i.e. 1882?]
Binding
Brown publisher's cloth, with title Lear's Book of nonsense.
Classification
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Department