None — Anecdote Library & Poetry for Children

None, [None Stated], c1850. Leather. The Anecdote Library and Poetry for Children privately bound into one book. Two volumes bound into one. Illustrated with seventy-six plates. The Anecdote Library contains a collection of historical stories including that of Joan of Arc, Canute, Benjamin Franklin, Useful Females, Madam Tiquet, Martin Luther, and many others. Printed by C. Baynes, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Poetry for Children contains many short verses intended for younger readers, including The Two April Mornings, The Idle Shepherd-Boys, The Pet Lamb, On Early Rising, Rural Architecture, and many more. Printed by T. Appleby, North Shields. Previously held in the library of Thomas Gowland, a British trader of manufactured products in Buenos Aires. Bound in full calf. Externally, sound with rubbing to the extremities. Front joint tender but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .