Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887
Title:
The good genius that turned everything into gold, or, The queen bee and the magic dress : a Christmas fairy tale / by the brothers Mayhew ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Alternate Title(s):
Good genius that turned everything into gold
Published / Created:
London : David Bogue, 1847.
Physical Description:
[4], 194, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4989.M57 G66 1847
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Four etchings and four glyphographs by George Cruikshank.

Printed by T.C. Savill, 4, Chandos-Street, Covent-garden.

Dedication signed: Henry and Augustus Mayhew.

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 548

"List of illustrations": p. [4] before text.

BEIN Ip M4535 847G: Advertising matter: p. [195].

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, with gilt edges. Bookplate: Edward Ludlow Parker.
Subject Terms:
Fairy tales. | Children's stories, English. | Bees -- Juvenile fiction. | Christmas stories, English. | Bogue, David -- Publisher. | Savill, T.C. -- Printer. | Parker, Edward Ludlow -- Bookplate. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1847. | Glypography -- Specimens -- 1847.
Form/Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Contributors:
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875. | Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.