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A book of nonsense

Title
A book of nonsense / by Derry Down Derry.
Author
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Publication
[London] : T. McLean, 1846.

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TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Lear, E. Book 1846) 04-215Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Tabley House (Cheshire, England) fmo
Description
2 v. ([74] leaves) : chiefly ill.; 15 x 22 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "Published Feb. 10, 1846, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket"--Covers and leaf [1].
  • Consists of illustrated limericks; lithographed throughout. For list of prints, cf. Schiller, p. 117.
  • Issued in illustrated brown paper covers with red cloth spine. Title printed in white; ill. (repeated from leaf [1]) printed in black and white on brown. Title in cover ill. and ill. on leaf [1]: Book of nonsense.
Indexed In (note)
  • Osborne Coll.
  • Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England
  • Schiller, J.G. Census of the 1846 1st ed. (In his Nonsensus, p. 118-119)
Call Number
Arents BIP (Lear, E. Book 1846) 04-215
OCLC
  • 4922912
  • NYPG04-B3957
Author
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Title
A book of nonsense / by Derry Down Derry.
Imprint
[London] : T. McLean, 1846.
Indexed In:
Osborne Coll., p. 69
Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England, 92
Schiller, J.G. Census of the 1846 1st ed. (In his Nonsensus, p. 118-119), 17
Local Note
Arents Coll. has v. 1 only; 2 copies, housed in dark red morocco and marbled paper case. Copy 1: Contains 37 prints, as issued (title print on leaf [1] and 36 prints as listed in Schiller, p. 117, but in different order). Copy 2: Incomplete. Contains 29 prints including title print; lacks Schiller's no. 1-2, 4-9, 11; has Schiller's v. 2, no. 36. Schiller states (p. 119) that Arents copy has 66 prints.
Provenance: S. D. Secretan (inscription in copy 1).
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Added Author
Secretan, S. D. Former owner
Tabley House (Cheshire, England) Former owner
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Lear, E. Book 1846) 04-215
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