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1850s NURSE'S RHYME JINGLES DITTIES Mother Goose ill'd Charles H. Bennett

$ 79.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Binding: Softcover, Wraps
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Subject: Children's
  • Region: North America
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Author: Mother Goose, traditional children's literature
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Special Attributes: Illustrated
  • Year Printed: 1855
  • Publisher: Davis, Porter and Co.
  • Topic: Children's, Illustrated, American Printing
  • Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA
  • Illustrator: Charles H. Bennett
  • Language: English

    Description

    [1850s. CHILDREN’S BOOK; CHARLES H. BENNETT ILLUSTRATIONS; 19th CENTURY AMERICAN PRINTING] MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES [cover title] / OLD NURSE'S BOOK OF RHYMES, JINGLES, AND DITTIES, As Written by Mother Goose, The Cheapest Edition of Mother Goose's Melodies, With Thirty Original Designs by Charles H. Bennett
    [on title page], publishing by Davis, Porter and Co., no date/ca. 1850s(faded) illustrated softcover/paper wraps, 5-1/4” x 6-3/4”, 31 pages, Charles Bennett (1829-1867) woodcut illustrations on every page;
    RARE
    , no copies of this edition found for sale, WorldCat/OCLC records only a few copies (4/8/21)
    /// CONDITION:
    very good, cover faded, small dogears to most pages, some light transparent soiling to cover, interior pages lightly age-toned as normal, rare,
    Charles Henry Bennett (26 July 1828 – 2 April 1867) was a prolific Victorian illustrator who pioneered techniques in comic illustration.