The favourite nursery album: 40 Coloured Pictures Mounted on Manilla: Every page a picture.
London.
T. Nelson and Sons, [s.d., 1890?]
Quarto.
[4]pp. 40 chromolithographs on 20 manilla card leaves. Original publisher's decorated red cloth. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Near contemporary gift inscription to recto of FFEP, title page and contents browned, some spotting to margins.
A handsome production consisting of 40 finely executed chromolithographs, many featuring felines illustrated in a style highly reminiscent of noted cat-botherer Louis Wain (1860-1939).
The date of publication conjectured from advertisements for the book appearing in both The Bookseller (10th October, 1890) and The Publisher's Circular (15th October, 1890).
The usual databases records copies at just two locations (Cambridge and Leicester).
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 25092
The date of publication conjectured from advertisements for the book appearing in both The Bookseller (10th October, 1890) and The Publisher's Circular (15th October, 1890).
The usual databases records copies at just two locations (Cambridge and Leicester).