Robert Browning — The Pied Piper of Hamelin

London, The Artistic Lithographic Publishing Co. c1891. Cloth. Illustrated edition of Browning's poem concerning the legendary Pied Piper, with beautiful chromolithographic plates by Arthur and Harry Payne. Robert Browning's poem concerning the legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin, a well-known German tale concerning the disappearance of many children in Lower Saxony, which originated in the Middle Ages.Complete with chromolithographic title page as well as four further chromolithographic plates in full page and seven coloured and twelve tinted illustrations in text by Arthur and Harry Payne. Collated, complete.Seen in both brown and blue cloth binding, priority is unknown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1919. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur C. Payne; Harry Payne. Very Good .