Lot 235
  • 235

Mother Goose

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Mother Goose's Melodies. The Only Pure Edition. Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1833
  • paper
16mo (5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.; 140 x 110 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, and text illustrations; some light marginal spots and soiling. Old faded purple cloth, original printed title label on upper cover; rebacked in cloth. In a cream half-cloth drop-box.

Provenance

S. Jane Beaddy (signature on front flyleaf)

Condition

some light marginal spots and soiling; rebacked.
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