Details
The History of the Celebrated Nanny Goose, from the original ms. London: S. Hood, 1813.
8° (165 x 100mm). 4 hand-coloured engraved plates (one plate torn and repaired, occasional staining and browning). Original printed wrappers (mounted on card, heavily rubbed, rebacked). Provenance: "Liza Polidori, January 19. 1816" (inscription). Osborne p. 602
Possibly the earliest printed variant of "The Three Little Pigs" story which did not get into print until 1853. It was reproduced in facsimile in 1973 by the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections. The child owner of this copy was sister to Margaret Polidori, mother of Dante Gabriel, Christina and William Rossetti.
8° (165 x 100mm). 4 hand-coloured engraved plates (one plate torn and repaired, occasional staining and browning). Original printed wrappers (mounted on card, heavily rubbed, rebacked). Provenance: "Liza Polidori, January 19. 1816" (inscription). Osborne p. 602
Possibly the earliest printed variant of "The Three Little Pigs" story which did not get into print until 1853. It was reproduced in facsimile in 1973 by the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections. The child owner of this copy was sister to Margaret Polidori, mother of Dante Gabriel, Christina and William Rossetti.