The Wild Flowers of the Alphabet. A Poem for Children, London: Ackermann and Co., 1858. 4° (242 x 180mm.). Hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates, coloured illustrations, text within wood-engraved border throughout printed in red or blue, one-page publisher's advertisement at the end. (Text leaves very lightly browned). Original green cloth decorated in gilt and blind, g.e. [GIRAUD, Jane Elizabeth] The Flowers of Shakspeare, [London:] Day & Haghe, [1845]. 4° (306 x 234mm.). Hand-coloured lithographed title and 29 plates by Jane Elizabeth Giraud. (A few light spots). 19th-century green half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere. (Joints split, extremities rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY. Loosely-inserted is a typed slip reading, "To Hubert Giraud Esq. M.D. of the Hon E.I.C.S., Bombay, this garland from his motherland is dedicated by his sister. Farnham. Feb 18th, 1845." (2)
The Wild Flowers of the Alphabet. A Poem for Children, London: Ackermann and Co., 1858. 4° (242 x 180mm.). Hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates, coloured illustrations, text within wood-engraved border throughout printed in red or blue, one-page publisher's advertisement at the end. (Text leaves very lightly browned). Original green cloth decorated in gilt and blind, g.e. [GIRAUD, Jane Elizabeth] The Flowers of Shakspeare, [London:] Day & Haghe, [1845]. 4° (306 x 234mm.). Hand-coloured lithographed title and 29 plates by Jane Elizabeth Giraud. (A few light spots). 19th-century green half calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere. (Joints split, extremities rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY. Loosely-inserted is a typed slip reading, "To Hubert Giraud Esq. M.D. of the Hon E.I.C.S., Bombay, this garland from his motherland is dedicated by his sister. Farnham. Feb 18th, 1845." (2)
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