Author: Anonymous
Title: Magdalene and Raphael; or, the Wonder of Vision a Story for Children
Description: London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated children's tale. A later edition, first published in English in 1858. Translated from the original German. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and an engraved title page. Bound in full cloth. This very scarce work features a charming children's tale about two children called Raphael and Magdalene. Due to its inclusion of blindness, this work provides an interesting and rare example of disability representation from the Victorian era.Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Bound in full cloth. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine and extremities, marks to the boards, wear and bumping to the extremities and closed tears to the joints and to the head and tail of the spine with joints starting. Ink inscription to the front pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, rear hinge starting and a bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and light spotting. Good . Ill.: None stated. Good .

Keywords: Very scarce Children's book Illustrated Magdalene Children's book None stated


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