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Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

Little bird red and little bird blue : a tale of the woods

MDCCCLXI [1861]

  • Creator

    Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

  • Title(s)

    Little bird red and little bird blue : a tale of the woods / by M. Betham Edwards ; illustrated by T. R. Macquoid.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Little bird red

  • Published/Created

    London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., MDCCCLXI [1861]

  • Physical Description

    47, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    PR4109.B14 L58 1861
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Drama in verse.
    "The story of "Little bird red and little bird blue" is adapted, with some alterations, from the German of an unknown author ..."--T.p. verso.
    Spine title: Little bird red.
    "London: Printed and engraved by Edmund Evans, Raquet Court."--P. [48]
    Title page engraved.
    Text appears within a variety of wood-engraved floral fram-borders. Many include color wood engravings. Protective unnumbered blank pages between each page. Wood engraved frontispiece signed by E. Evans and T. Macquoid.
    Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, p. 621
    NSTC, 2E5551
    BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth, with gilt edges. Binder's ticket: Bound by Bone & Son, 76, Fleet St., London. Inscribed: Helen Florence Dames with her grandmama's love Christmas 1861. Leaf bearing ms notes on the blue bird within a floral border in pen and brown ink tipped in immediately following text.
  • Subject Terms

    Bone & Son -- Binder.

  • Form/Genre

    Botanical illustrations. | Chromoxylographs | Ink drawings. | Wood engravings.

  • Contributors

    Evans, Edmund, 1826–1905 | Macquoid, Thomas Robert, 1820–1912

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