TAYLOR, Isaac The Rev. (1759-1829). Bunyan Explained to a Child; being pictures and poems, founded upon The Pilgrim's Progress. Part I...London: printed for Francis Westley, 1824. 12° (170 x 100mm). Frontispiece and 51 numbered illustrations on 27 leaves, engraved on copper (one plate torn, 2 nicked at edges, finger-marking, especially on earlier plates). Original roan-backed marbled boards (scuffed). Provenance: C. M. A. Way. Prize at School. Christmas 1825 (inscription). Duff-Stewart A44a. -- TAYLOR. A Book of Martyrs for the Young...London: printed for Francis Westley [et al.], 1826. 12° (187 x 107mm). Frontispiece with facing emblematic plate, and 54 illustrations on 28 leaves all engraved on wood, many signed Sears (some page-edges grubby). Original (?) marbled boards, re-backed with a patterned cloth. Duff-Stewart A48a; Osborne II p.770. A pencilled note by Mrs. Moon on the front free endpaper reads "This is a horrifying book and it is shocking to think it could have been read by children". -- TAYLOR, Jefferys (1792-1853). jAesop in Rhyme, with some originals...The second edition, corrected. London: printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1823. 12° (168 x 100mm). Frontispiece, with a stanza of verse, dated Jany. 1821, and 70 illustrations on 35 leaves, engraved on copper. Original green-roan-backed marbled boards. Provenance: Charles Barnard. September 7th 1823. Duff-Stewart A30b; Osborne I p.7. -- With four other works by members of the Taylor Family in five volumes: The Associate Minstrels second edition. London: for Josiah Conder etc. 1813 (Duff-Stewart C3c); Hymns for Infant Minds sixteenth edition. London: B. J. Holdsworth, 1825 (D-5. A10p, one location); The Contributions of QQ. 2 vols. London: B. S. Holdsworth, 1824 (D-S A43a); and Maternal Solicitude...fourth edition. London: for Taylor & Hessey, 1815 (D-s A15d), the last in full, blind-stamped and with a gilt crest on upper and lower boards. A letter to Mrs. Moon, laid in, argues for the crest being that of the Duke Cumberland, 5th son of George III. (8)

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TAYLOR, Isaac The Rev. (1759-1829). Bunyan Explained to a Child; being pictures and poems, founded upon The Pilgrim's Progress. Part I...London: printed for Francis Westley, 1824. 12° (170 x 100mm). Frontispiece and 51 numbered illustrations on 27 leaves, engraved on copper (one plate torn, 2 nicked at edges, finger-marking, especially on earlier plates). Original roan-backed marbled boards (scuffed). Provenance: C. M. A. Way. Prize at School. Christmas 1825 (inscription). Duff-Stewart A44a. -- TAYLOR. A Book of Martyrs for the Young...London: printed for Francis Westley [et al.], 1826. 12° (187 x 107mm). Frontispiece with facing emblematic plate, and 54 illustrations on 28 leaves all engraved on wood, many signed Sears (some page-edges grubby). Original (?) marbled boards, re-backed with a patterned cloth. Duff-Stewart A48a; Osborne II p.770. A pencilled note by Mrs. Moon on the front free endpaper reads "This is a horrifying book and it is shocking to think it could have been read by children". -- TAYLOR, Jefferys (1792-1853). jAesop in Rhyme, with some originals...The second edition, corrected. London: printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1823. 12° (168 x 100mm). Frontispiece, with a stanza of verse, dated Jany. 1821, and 70 illustrations on 35 leaves, engraved on copper. Original green-roan-backed marbled boards. Provenance: Charles Barnard. September 7th 1823. Duff-Stewart A30b; Osborne I p.7. -- With four other works by members of the Taylor Family in five volumes: The Associate Minstrels second edition. London: for Josiah Conder etc. 1813 (Duff-Stewart C3c); Hymns for Infant Minds sixteenth edition. London: B. J. Holdsworth, 1825 (D-5. A10p, one location); The Contributions of QQ. 2 vols. London: B. S. Holdsworth, 1824 (D-S A43a); and Maternal Solicitude...fourth edition. London: for Taylor & Hessey, 1815 (D-s A15d), the last in full, blind-stamped and with a gilt crest on upper and lower boards. A letter to Mrs. Moon, laid in, argues for the crest being that of the Duke Cumberland, 5th son of George III.
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