Item #298372 Flowers of delight / culled by Leonard de Vries from the Osborne Collection of early children's books ; an agreeable garland of prose and poetry for the instruction and amusement of little masters and misses and their distinguished parents ; embellished with some 750 elegant woodcuts and engravings on wood and copper, of which upwards of 125 are neatly coloured ; selected with the greatest care from books for juvenile minds, 1765-1830 ; designed by Eric Ayers. Leonard de Vries.

Flowers of delight / culled by Leonard de Vries from the Osborne Collection of early children's books ; an agreeable garland of prose and poetry for the instruction and amusement of little masters and misses and their distinguished parents ; embellished with some 750 elegant woodcuts and engravings on wood and copper, of which upwards of 125 are neatly coloured ; selected with the greatest care from books for juvenile minds, 1765-1830 ; designed by Eric Ayers

1965, First Edition. London : D. Dobson. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #298372

Physical description: 232 p. : ill. (part col.) ; 27 cm. "Notes on the original books": p. 226-230. Bibliography: p. 232. Subjects: Children's stories. Children's poetry.

Price: €14.95

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