Paris: Garnier Freres, 1870. 50 hand colored plates with tissue guards, many engraved black-and-white text illustrations. 551pp., thick 8vo, green cloth, gilt-decorated spine, a.e.g.; foxing throughout the text, the color plates are quite clean. Paris: Garnier Freres, (1870). A very good copy. More
London: Wightman and Camp, 1827. Engraved frontispiece. 147pp. Slim 12mo, original drab boards, neatly re-backed in cloth and with inner hinges strengthened joints. London: Wightman and Camp, 1827. Proverbs by the prolific author of children's books. More
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