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[Songs]
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Songs for the Nursery, Collected from the works of the most renowned Poets, and adapted to favourite national melodies. London: Printed [by R. & A. Taylor] for William Darton, 1822
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16mo (5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.; 130 x 115 mm). 24 hand colored engraved plates, 5-page publisher's advertisement at end. Publisher's pale yellow printed wrappers with publisher's advertisement on rear wrapper, yellow edges; a few tiny mends in backstrip. In a brown boards slipcase. With: Idem. London: for Tabart and Co., 1805. 16mo (4 7/8 x 4 in.; 124 x 102 mm). 5-page publisher's advertisement at end; some spotting and soiling. Publisher's tan printed wrapper laid down on flexible boards; worn, portions of both covers gone with loss. In a black half-morocco slipcase.
Provenance
1822 edition: Kathryn [McGraw] & Joe E. Brown (bookplate on front pastedown, goldstamp on box) — Justin Schiller (bookplates on front pastedown and slipcase
Literature
Opie, Three Centuries no. 33; see Cahoon, Children's Literature 171 (citing 1808 edition)
Condition
1822: a few tiny mends in backstrip. . 1805: some spotting and soiling, wrapper laid down on flexible boards, portions gone.
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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
"A very famous collection, illustrated with many colored engravings, which first printed 'Little Miss Muffet' and 'Bobby Shafto'" (Cahoon). First edition (included here) appeared in 1805 without illustrations, the plates ("the first full-page illustrations of nursery rhymes" Opie) were added in 1818.
The 1822 edition is very rare, especially in this condition. Worldcat lists one copy (BL) and only two copies have appeared at auction in the past forty years (one incomplete). From the library of the great comic actor Joe E. Brown (1891-1973).