Author: Roscoe, Thomas
Title: THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST
Description: London, Thomas Bosworth 1855 Full-page frontispiece & 6 half-page illustrations by Kenny Meadows engraved by Meason . sq.8vo [21 x16.5cm] Black spined beige card covers with pictorial fairies, lattice with climbing flowers & butterflies. [sl. Dustiness to covers] 8 leaves includes frontis + titlepage + 6 pages of illustrations and poetic text. Nice gift inscription dated 1855. Pale foxing mostly on the printed titlepage. A newly illustrated version of the Roscoe poems which were issued in 12 or 16mo editions. This edition has much larger and quite different pictures and is quite scarce.

Keywords: Illustrated poetry


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