Id4.2.09
The Charmed roe, or, The little brother and little sister : illustrated by Otto Speckter with twelve plates ; drawn on stone by Louis Haghe and Thomas Pickem ; uniform with Otto Speckter's "Puss in Boots."
Portion of title: Little brother and little sister.
London : John Murray, 1847.
34, [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Added lithographed t.p. counted as a plate.
With half-title.
An English translation of Brüderchen und Schwesterchen, a tale from the Grimm brothers' collection Kinder und hausmärchen.
Plates are lithographs and are tinted in white.
From the library of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
Ms. signature on half-title page: 'H M Thackeray'.
Illustrated paper covered boards.
Loose ms. letter to Mrs Fuller from Aline D. Edgcumbe, dated 1949.
Previous shelfmark: 3.5.12
Ms. note in ink on front cover.
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837 - 1919 former owner.
Haghe, Louis, 1806 - 1885 lithographer
Picken, T. lithographer
Stephen, Harriet Marian, 1840 - 1875 former owner.
John Murray publisher.
England London.
B31299