Baby’s Own Aesop: being the fables condensed in rhyme
Book
1907 (published)
1907 (published)
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With portable morals pictorially pointed by Walter Crane ; engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. [An adaptation of W.J. Linton's The wisdom of Æsop.]. [8], 9-56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Case binding of cream paper boards, quarter bound in green cloth. Upper cover has title and illustrator in brown and illustration of child knocking on door between 2 cranes. Lower cover similar without child but with other titles by Crane, printer and illustrator printed on door. Endpapers with green leaf pattern. Glazed papers. Edges stained blue. Dedication "To the possessors of "Baby's Opera" & "Baby's Bouquet" with Walter Crane's compliments."
Object details
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| Title | Baby’s Own Aesop: being the fables condensed in rhyme (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound colour wood engraved illustrated book |
| Brief description | Book, Baby’s Own Aesop: being the fables condensed in rhyme, by Walter Crane. London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co., [1907?]. NAL Pressmark: 862.AA.2253. |
| Physical description | With portable morals pictorially pointed by Walter Crane ; engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. [An adaptation of W.J. Linton's The wisdom of Æsop.]. [8], 9-56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Case binding of cream paper boards, quarter bound in green cloth. Upper cover has title and illustrator in brown and illustration of child knocking on door between 2 cranes. Lower cover similar without child but with other titles by Crane, printer and illustrator printed on door. Endpapers with green leaf pattern. Glazed papers. Edges stained blue. Dedication "To the possessors of "Baby's Opera" & "Baby's Bouquet" with Walter Crane's compliments." |
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| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Object history | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Acquired by the Reniers from "F" in November 1962. Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier." Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf. Ownership inscription on half-title has been scribbled out and is indecipherable. |
| Other number | 862.AA.2253 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041803046614 |
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| Record created | May 11, 2021 |
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