Shelfmark
Kc.5.04
Author
Title
The baby's opera : a book of old rhymes with new dresses / by Walter Crane ; the music by the earliest masters ; engraved, & printed in colours by Edmund Evans.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London & New York : George Routledge and Sons Limited, [1876]
Physical description
56 p. : col. ill., music ; 19 x 20 cm.
Note
With half-title.
Note
Undated.
Note
"The tunes ... were arranged by Walter Crane's sister, Lucy." cf. B.E. Mahony's Illustrators of children's books, 1744-1945.
Note
Pictorial borders.
Note
Publisher's cloth backed case edition binding, glazed paper over boards; wood-engraved illustration on covers; red stained edges; black endpapers.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Inscribed on half-title: Gordon Craig December 1892.
Subject
Children's songs.
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form
Nursery rhymes.
Genre/Form
Songs.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
George Routledge and Sons publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46397