RHYMES OF NONSENSE: An Alphabet

by Edward Lear, Philip Hofer

$50 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

London: Bertram Rota, 1968 . Limited edition facsimile reproduction of this Lear manuscript alphabet, completed circa 1862 as a gift for the young son of an antiquarian friend and notable among several similar Lear alphabets for the dash and verve of its excellent illustrations. Fine. Item #49669

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