Yale Center for British Art
Title:
The attractive picture book : a new gift from the Old Corner : the illustrations by J. Absolon ... [et al.]
Published / Created:
London : Griffith and Farran, [1867]
Physical Description:
[2], 30 leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2010 7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/2035588
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by Wertheimer, Lea and co., Finbury Circus.

Engravings also by Henry Anelay, Charles H. Bennett, Hablot Knight Browne, Richard Doyle, G. Du Maurier, J. Franklin, J. Gilbert, C. Green, Tom Hood, Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl, Ebenezer Landells, Thomas Landseer, Thomas Robert Macquoid, W. Newman, George John Pinwell, Frederick Skill, Harrison Weir.

Date of publication from NSTC.

Some plates dated 1865.

Engraved throughout.

NSTC, 2A1658

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in color illustrated boards, as issued.
Subject Terms:
Picture books for children -- Great Britain. | Griffith and Farran -- Publisher. | Wertheimer, Lea and co. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1867.
Form/Genre:
Toy and moveable books.
Contributors:
Anelay, Henry, 1817–1883, engraver. | Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867, engraver. | Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882, engraver. | Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883, engraver. | Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896, engraver. | Franklin, John, active 1800–1861, engraver. | Gilbert, John, 1817–1897, engraver. | Green, Charles, 1840–1898, engraver. | Hood, Tom, 1835–1874, engraver. | Landells, Ebenezer, 1808–1860, engraver. | Landseer, Thomas, 1795–1880, engraver. | Macquoid, Thomas Robert, 1820–1912, engraver. | Newman, W., engraver. | Pinwell, George John, 1842–1875, engraver. | Skill, Frederick, engraver. | Weir, Harrison, 1824–1906, engraver. | Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823–1871, engraver.