A BOOK OF NONSENSE

by Edward Lear

$85,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Haymarket London : Thomas McLean, 10 February 1846. First edition of the greatest of silly books and a book of the very greatest rarity Morgan Library, #215 — one of only a few known copies with all lithographs and both upper wrappers intact. Very good. Item #55891 Painter of birds, landscape artist, drawing tutor to Queen Victoria, Edward Lear was a talented and versatile artist. While he didn't invent the

• Binding: Wrappers

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