Walter Crane's painting book. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans
Book Description
Oblong 8vo, (192 x 203), illustrated title page and twelve facing plates, each colour printed illustration facing a page in outline.
Osborne Collection cat. II, p. 847; Engen, p. 100 (1889); not in Massé.
Dealer Notes
The plates and cover designs are taken from 'Pan-pipes', 'The baby's opera', 'The baby's bouquet' and 'The baby's own Aesop', which are advertised on the back cover. Most of the outline pictures in this copy have been coloured by a child-owner.
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Author
Crane, Walter
Date
n.d. [ca. 1889–95]
Binding
Green colour printed flexible boards
Publisher
London; New York: Frederick Warne & Co.
Illustrator
Walter Crane (1845-1915)
Condition
Slight surface wear to spine and corners, some offset to cover-facing free endpapers, else exceptionally well preserved considering its nature..
Pages
ff. [25]
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