Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Chatelain, Clara de, 1807-1876
Title:
Lilliputian library : new series.
Alternate Title(s):
Title on box: Lilliputian library, II series
Published / Created:
London : Joseph, Myers, & Co., 144 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., [approximately 1850?]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; each volume 8.5 cm, in box 8 x 10 x 2.5 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN6071.F15 C43 1850 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Issued in decorative box.

All titles have subtitle: An original fairy tale.

Also published, ca. 1845, by A.N. Myers & Co.

BAC: British Art Center copy in publisher's original decorative box, covered in patterned papers, edges trimmed in gold paper. The bottom of the box is inscribed: Given to me by Caroline Hinuber, T. Hinuber. Each volume is bound in fancy patterned papers, the top cover of each adorned with a small floral design.
Contents:
[v. 1.] Babyland -- [v. 2.] The night laundresses -- [v. 3.] Pot-luck -- [v. 4.] Up! Horsie!
Subject Terms:
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. | Children's stories. | Miniature books -- Specimens -- Juvenile fiction. | Hinuber, Caroline -- Provenance. | Hinuber, T. -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Juvenile literature. | Miniature books (Printing) | Lithographs.
Contributors:
Joseph, Myers & Co., publisher.