A BOOK OF NONSENSE

by Edward Lear

$25,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862 . The rare third edition, expanded and revised — the so-called first trade edition, the first by a major publisher and first to be issued under his own name. Very good. Item #55894 Painter of birds, landscape artist, drawing tutor to Queen Victoria, Edward Lear was a talented and versatile artist. While he didn't invent the limerick form, his self-financed A BOOK OF

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