Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there
Book
1872 (published)
1872 (published)
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With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. 224 pages : illustrations. Library's copy case bound in red cloth with decorative panel stamped in gold on upper and lower covers. Gilt edges. Navy blue endpapers. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown reads: 'Bound by / Burn / & Co.' Signed and gathered in eights. Wood-engraved frontispiece and wood-engraved text illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel.
Object details
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| Title | Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound book illustrated with electrotypes from wood engravings. |
| Brief description | Book, Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872. Duke Collection, accession number: AAD/2006/4/12. |
| Physical description | With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. 224 pages : illustrations. Library's copy case bound in red cloth with decorative panel stamped in gold on upper and lower covers. Gilt edges. Navy blue endpapers. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown reads: 'Bound by / Burn / & Co.' Signed and gathered in eights. Wood-engraved frontispiece and wood-engraved text illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel. |
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| Credit line | Given by Joan Duke |
| Object history | Library's copy previously owned by Beatrix Potter and donated to the Library by Joan Duke in October 2006. |
| Other number | AAD/2006/4/12 - V&A Archive number |
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| Library number | 38041005058086 |
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| Record created | October 31, 2019 |
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