Metamorphosis; or, a Transformation of Pictures, with Poetical Explanations, for the Amusement of Young Persons

by Benjamin Sands

$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Wood cut illustrations by James Poupard. Folded sheet, printed recto and verso, with movable flaps. 1 vols. 12mo. Self-wrappers, early restitching along the folds, minor later tape repair. Usual foxing and staining. Housed in a later marbled slipcase. Shaw 38871; Welch 1163.33; McGarth, This Magical Book p. 9. Item #377851 Published at a time when children's literature was still almost entirely moral and instructional in content, the earliest

• Binding: Wrappers

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