Title

Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats : a humorous tale / written principally by a lady of ninety; edited, with additional verses, by John Ruskin ; and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

Publication

Orpington, Kent : George Allen, 1885.

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Additional Authors

• Pearson, Mrs.
• Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852.
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
• Stennett, R.
• Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912.
• Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901.

Description

[1], iv, [2], 20 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Cats > Juvenile poetry

Note

• In verse.
• Ascribed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson. Cf. The works of John Ruskin / edited by E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn. 1903-1912, v. 2, p. 526.
• Original edition published: London : A.K. Newman, 1823.
• With new verses by Ruskin and new ill. by Greenaway on p. 3-4 and 8-9. Cf. Ruskin's Preface, p. [iii]-iv.
• "Printed by Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury"--T.p. verso.
• Illustrations: 22 prints : wood engraving, b&w ; full-page (1), image 8 x 9 cm. (20), image 5 x 7 cm. (1). Comprise frontispiece, t.p. vignette and 20 ill. to the verses. Except for the new ill., they are facsims. by W.H. Hooper of the ill. in the original ed., attributed to R. Stennett. Cf. Pref.; Osborne Coll.
• Pages 1-20 printed on double leaves (paging begins on verso of first double leaf).
• Binding: Publisher's dark brown cloth, with original t.p. vignette stamped in gold on front cover.

Indexed In (note)

• Osborne Coll.,
• Schuster & Engen. Greenaway,
• Spielmann & Layard. Greenaway,
• Wise, T.J. Ruskin,

Call Number

Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Dame Wiggins of Lee) AL 02-02

LCCN

15020718

OCLC

• 2167949
• 2167949

Title

Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats : a humorous tale / written principally by a lady of ninety; edited, with additional verses, by John Ruskin ; and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

Imprint

Orpington, Kent : George Allen, 1885.

Indexed In:

Osborne Coll., I, p. 60

Schuster & Engen. Greenaway, 64.1c

Spielmann & Layard. Greenaway, p. 287

Wise, T.J. Ruskin, 329

Local Note

Arents copy: Preliminary pages unopened.

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Added Author

Pearson, Mrs.

Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.

Stennett, R. Illustrator

Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912. Wood engraver

Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901. Illustrator

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Dame Wiggins of Lee) AL 02-02