A Taste of Horton- A selection of items from the Horton Collection of Children's Material
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| Call. No | HOR E CAL |
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| Title | R. Caldecott's Picture Book containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, The Babes in the Wood, and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. All exhibited in beautiful engravings, many of which are printed in colours. Drawn by R.C. Engraved and printed by E.Evans. [cover-title] |
| Imprint | London : Geoge Routledge & sons, n.d.] |
| Page Size | 225 x 220 mm |
| Collation | t.p., 31, [1], 30,31,31 p. |
| Printer | E. Evans, London |
| Illustrations | 98 sepia and 30 coloured woodblock plates by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. |
| Binding | Buff coloured cloth ;tile, imprint and pictorial designed by Caldecott, printed in brown and red and enclosed in brown and red rules on both covers ; title in brown enclosed in red and brown rule on spine ; bookseller's label for LL Brigstocke on front paste-down ; red edges. |
| Annotation | Oliver Goldsmith wrote An elegy on the death of a mad dog. Publisher operated from this address between 1865 and 1889. |
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| Tracings | GOLDSMITH, Oliver CALDECOTT, Randolph EVANS, Edmund ROUTLEDGE, George & SONS BRIGSTOCKE, LL |
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