Nursery Poems, from the Ancient and Modern Poets

Banbury [England]: Printed by J.G. Rusher, No date [c.1840-1850]. [JUVENILE] [CHAPBOOK] [RHYMING VERSE]. 48mo (3 7/8”x 2 9/16”); 16pp; self-wrapper printed with title and scutum deus est nobis sol et surrounding a sun with a face also known as “A Sun in Splendour” (God is our sun and shield) on front, rear wrapper is the numbered page 16; publisher’s string binding; gift inscription on page 2 dated “March 30, 1945”; wood-engravings every page; portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert facing a crown; fine. Item #2100

Twenty short, rhyming poems accompanied by lovely and well-executed wood engravings. Of the twenty rhymes, most are nonsense, and three mention illness or death. Some sources point to 1840 as the date of publication, the year that Victoria and Albert married.

Price: $225.00