The royal illuminated book of nursery rhymes : the old familiar words, set to appropriate music, arranged in an easy style suited to little minstrels : each story is illustrated by pictures, designed in the quaint spirit of Mediæval times, and printed in colors and gold / by Marcus Ward, illuminator to the Queen ; second series.

Author
Ward, Marcus [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Edinburgh : William Nimmo, [1872]
Description
[28] p., [16] leaves of col. plates : col. ill., music ; 15 x 21 cm.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 87105 Eng 19 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    Cover title: Royal illuminated nursery rhymes.
    Binding note
    Pub. brown decorated cloth stamped in black and blind with blue color-printed pictorial onlays.
    Contents
    • The carrion crow
    • Jack and Gill
    • The little man and his little gun
    • Mother Hubbard and her dog
    • Four nursery rhymes.
    Source acquisition
    Cotsen copy is in the Diana Rexford Tillson Collection, the gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen '50.
    References
    Opie, I. Three centuries of nursery rhymes, 564
    Other title(s)
    • Royal illuminated nursery rhymes.
    • Book of nursery rhymes.
    OCLC
    43182440
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