ON INDIA PAPER

The Book of British Ballads.

London: Jeremiah How, 1842.

Price: $1,500.00


About the item

Dadd, Richard. First edition. Profusion of wood-engraved illustrations after Richard Dadd, John Tenniel, John Gilbert, and others. [4], vi, 233 [1] pp., printed entirely on INDIA PAPER and mounted two pages per sheet. Printed by Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Printers, 135, Fleet Street. 4to. ON INDIA PAPER. Unbound sheets housed in a cloth chemise and green quarter morocco slipcase. Fine. Ray, England, 61 (“the most ambitious English book with wood engravings during the period under survey”).

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