print;
book-illustration;
book
- Museum number
- 1996,1104.12
- Description
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Dulcken, Henry William. Our favourite fairy tales and famous histories: told for the hundredth time. Illustrates with three hundred pictures, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, from original designs by eminent artists. London: Ward & Lock, 158, Fleet Street, 1858. Many of the illustrations are signed: "Dalziel. The illustration of Tom Thumb on page one is by H.K. Browne [i. e. Hablot Knight Browne]. The list of contents cites the illustrations as drawn by: Hablot Knight Browne, William Harvey, John Absolon, Thomas Bolton Dalziel, James Abbott Pasquier, Harrison Weir, William Mc’Connell. The half title page engraving is signed: “Dalziel”. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper recto. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front endpaper . Written on the front endpaper verso: “ ‘/Babies do not want to hear about babies:/ they like to be told of giants & castles, & of somewhat/ that can stretch & stimulate their little minds/ Dr. Johnson’/”
Binding: The spine design is by John Sleigh. Gilt edges. White endpapers and pastedowns. Blue wave vertical-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked on blind on the borders. Stems and leaves are blocked in relief on each corner. On the centre, an oval is blocked in blind, surrounded by stems and leaves, also blocked in blind. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the borders, with groups of leaves blocked in relief on each corner. The centre piece is blocked in gold in the shape of a diamond, with curling stem and leaf patterns locked in relief around the central circle. Within the central circle, the words: “/ Our favourite [in a semi-circle]/ fairy tales/ illustrated [in a semi-circle]/” are blocked in gold in fanciful lettering. The spine is blocked in gold and in relief and is divided into five panels by block work and single gold fillets. From the head downwards, the decoration is: panel one – curling stem and leaf decoration blocked in gold; panel 2- the title: “/ Our favourite/ fairy tales/” is blocked in relief within rectangular gold lettering-pieces; panel 3 – more curling stem and leaf decoration, with a four petalled flower at its centre – all blocked in gold; panel 4 – the word: “/ Illustrated/” is blocked in relief within a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which has a single gold fillet blocked above and below it; panel 5 – more curling stem and leaf decoration, and within it, the monogram of John Sliegh “IS” is blocked in gold.
- Production date
- 1858
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres
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Thickness: 42 millimetres
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Width: 145 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Our favourite fairy tales and famous histories: told for the hundredth time.
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1104.12
