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[Peter Piper's nursery rhymes]
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation. Printed and Published With Pleasing Pretty Pictures, According to Act of Parliament, April 2, 1813. London: Printed for J. Harris, [1813]
- paper
16mo (4 7/8 x 4 in.; 124 x 102 mm). Twenty-four woodcut text illustrations, 2-page publisher's advertisement at the end; a clean copy. Publisher's printed brown-paper wrappers; some soiling, a few small tears in backstrip mended. Brown morocco drop-box.
Provenance
Edgar Oppenheimer (Sotheby's Hodgson's Rooms, 21 April 1977, lot 2002) — Justin Schiller (bookplate) — Richard Manney (bookplate, his sale in these rooms, 11 October 1991, lot 165)
Literature
Moon, John Harris' Books for Youth 629 (1); Cahoon, Children's Literature 43 (citing another Oppenheimer, colored copy); not in Opie, Three Centuries or Osborne
Condition
a clean copy. Publisher's printed brown-paper wrappers; some soiling, a few small tears in backstrip mended.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, printed on wove paper watermarked 1812, of this illustrated alphabet book. This is apparently the earliest appearance of the tongue-twister "Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper."