1899 Triplets Comprising The Baby's Opera The Baby's Bouquet and The Baby's Own Aesop

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

A limited edition, limited to 500 copies for sale in the United Kingdom, of which this is numbered 168.

Walter Crane's three juvenile works in one volume, 'The Baby's Opera', The Baby's Bouquet', and 'The Baby's Own Aesop'. These three works were usually published separately.

Illustrated in colour throughout, illustrations ranging from full-paged depictions of nursery rhymes, to decorative borders. 

'Opera' is a charming collection of nursery rhymes for children, all put to music, including 'Girls and Boys', 'The Mulberry Bush', 'Oranges and Lemons', and more.

Likewise, 'Bouquet' is also a collection of nursery rhymes put to music for children, such as 'Hot Cross Buns', 'London Bridge', 'Polly Put the Kettle On', and more.

'Own Aesop' is a reworking of Aesop's fables, worked into rhymes for babies and young children. Aesop's fables are a collection of ethical fables, guiding in religious, social, and political themes.

Illustrated and arranged by Walter Crane. Walter Crane was known for being an artist and book illustrator, and was one of the most influential children's book creators of his time. He often illustrated children's books, including editions of 'The Frog Prince', 'Baby's Own Aesop', and 'The First of May: A Fairy Masque'. He was an admirer of the Pre-Raphaelites, Italian Renaissance, and Japanese art.

Printed by Edmund Evans. Evans was a wood-engraver and full-colour printing, and worked to produce many classic children's books.

Evans and Crane begun working together in 1863, and the begun collaborating in 1851 to produce two or three toy books for children each year for over ten years.

Collated, complete.