Cousin Graces Pretty Story Books No 4 Nursery Rhymes

$150 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Lowell Massachusetts : J. Merrill, circa 1850 . First edition of this scarce little collection of illustrated nursery rhymes, including classics like Little Miss Muffet and Bah Bah Black Sheep. Very good. Item #44912 Children are naturally destructive, observes A. S. W. Rosenbach, and from time immemorial have realized that the purpose of books was to provide them with a 'feast' of reason ... the wonder is that and

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