CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm. German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen. London: C. Baldwin, 1823-1826. 2 volumes, 8 o (170 x 100 mm). 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates, first volume with plates printed in brown, second volume in black. (B1 repaired along inner margin, some light browning and staining.) Early 20th-century morocco gilt (joints starting, light wear to spine ends). FIRST EDITION, second issue, of the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. Alderson & Oyens 304; Mahony Illustrations of Children's Books 197; Cohn 369. (2)
CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm. German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen. London: C. Baldwin, 1823-1826. 2 volumes, 8 o (170 x 100 mm). 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates, first volume with plates printed in brown, second volume in black. (B1 repaired along inner margin, some light browning and staining.) Early 20th-century morocco gilt (joints starting, light wear to spine ends). FIRST EDITION, second issue, of the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. Alderson & Oyens 304; Mahony Illustrations of Children's Books 197; Cohn 369. (2)
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