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    Sale 9761

    DR. NIGEL TEMPLE COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    London, South Kensington

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    4 December 2003

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    Lot 22

    COLOUR PRINTING -- The History of the Fish and the Ring; or, the Fortunate Farmer's Daughter, [no place, no date, early 19th-century]. Small 8° (184 x 108mm). 12pp. 5 woodcut illustrations, printed in yellow, orange and green, each page within woodcut border, also printed in yellow, orange and/or green, woodcut illustration of Stepney Church and Lady Berry's Tomb pasted in at end. 19th-century morocco-backed boards (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Westwood (bookplate).

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    GBP 70

    Estimate

    GBP 80 - GBP 120

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    COLOUR PRINTING -- The History of the Fish and the Ring; or, the Fortunate Farmer's Daughter, [no place, no date, early 19th-century]. Small 8° (184 x 108mm). 12pp. 5 woodcut illustrations, printed in yellow, orange and green, each page within woodcut border, also printed in yellow, orange and/or green, woodcut illustration of Stepney Church and Lady Berry's Tomb pasted in at end. 19th-century morocco-backed boards (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Westwood (bookplate).

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