Accession number
PML 82040
Published
London : The Leadenhall Press ... : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. ... ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons ..., 1898-1899.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Four hundred illustrations".
"Reproduces in facsimile some four hundred cuts accompanied by 'tastes' of the original descriptive text, culled from upwards of a hundred ... volumes dating from the later years of the [18th century]... up to the thirties in [the 19th century]"--Publisher's note on Forgotten children's book, included in Stories from old-fashioned children's books.
Sample of Dutch gilt paper tipped onto p. 8.
Advertisements of The Leadenhall Press: 21 p. at end.
Includes index.
"Reproduces in facsimile some four hundred cuts accompanied by 'tastes' of the original descriptive text, culled from upwards of a hundred ... volumes dating from the later years of the [18th century]... up to the thirties in [the 19th century]"--Publisher's note on Forgotten children's book, included in Stories from old-fashioned children's books.
Sample of Dutch gilt paper tipped onto p. 8.
Advertisements of The Leadenhall Press: 21 p. at end.
Includes index.
Description
510, [4], 19, [3] pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 20 cm
Provenance
Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Dark blue publisher's cloth, gilt.
Classification
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