Author: Bennett, Charles H.
Title: Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library].
Description: London / Tokyo Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan, 1982. Facsimile ed. Hardback wide octavo, very good condition, blind stamped red cloth covers, gilt title front cover & spine, gilt decoration front cover, colour engravings. In cardboard slipcase, slight crease base spine. 64 pp. Facsimile edition. Classic book of jingles and rhymes edited and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett. Engraved by Edmund Evans and then hand-coloured and printed by Griffith and Farran. In 1858, Bennett selected and whimsically illustrated, with a wealth of comic detail, the traditional nursery rhymes. The beautiful drawings and poems would appeal to older children. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.).

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