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GRIMM, Jakob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859). German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen. London: C. Baldwyn, 1823; James Robins, 1826.
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GRIMM, Jakob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859). German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen. London: C. Baldwyn, 1823; James Robins, 1826.
8o (174 x 99 mm). Half-titles. 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates by George Cruikshank, first volume with plates printed in brown, second volume with plates printed in black. (Some light staining and browning, a few marginal tears repaired, lacking ads in both volumes.) Modern red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. "By urging that 'works of fancy and fiction' have an important place in children's reading, [Edgar Taylor, the translator] may be seen as making the first moves in a campaign that was to lead to the final freeing of constraints upon the writers and publishers of books for children" (Alderson & Oyens, p.304). Lacking the ads in volume one, but with all other first issue points called for by Cohn. Mahony Illustrations of Children's Books 197; Cohn 369. (2)
8o (174 x 99 mm). Half-titles. 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates by George Cruikshank, first volume with plates printed in brown, second volume with plates printed in black. (Some light staining and browning, a few marginal tears repaired, lacking ads in both volumes.) Modern red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. "By urging that 'works of fancy and fiction' have an important place in children's reading, [Edgar Taylor, the translator] may be seen as making the first moves in a campaign that was to lead to the final freeing of constraints upon the writers and publishers of books for children" (Alderson & Oyens, p.304). Lacking the ads in volume one, but with all other first issue points called for by Cohn. Mahony Illustrations of Children's Books 197; Cohn 369. (2)