Various - Complete Set of Facsimile Editions of Early English Children's Books from The Osborne Collection - 1981

A complete set of one of the finest facsimile productions ever made. A total of 35 books/booklets/sheets produced with all the details of the original editions reproduced, e.g. luxurious binding, gilt page edges, single page printing to ensure exact facsimiles.
All books come in cardboard slipcases.
Accompanied by a Descriptive Companion book.
Shipped in the original cardboard box.

The set contains:
Orbis Sensualium Pictus;
Goody Two-Shoes;
A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses;
The Birth-Day Gift, or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers cut by a Lady;
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin;
The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and her Comical Cat;
The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast;
The Peacock 'At Home';
The Mansion of Bliss;
Diamonds and Toads;
Jack and Jill, and Old Dame Gill;
Scripture Histories;
A Visit to the Bazaar;
The Ocean and its Inhabitants;
The Traditional Faery Tales;
The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton;
A Mournful Ditty of the Death of Fair Rosamund;
The Sweet and Pleasant History of Patient Grissel;
Hop-o'my-Thumb and the Seven League Boots;
Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties;
The New Picture Book;
The Dog's Dinner Party;
In Fairy Land;
Sing-Song;
The Alphabet of Old Friends;
Puss in Boots;
A Book of Nonsense;
Under the Window;
Cinderella;
The Diverting History of John Gilpin;
The Babes in the Wood;
The Nursery 'Alice';
The Baby's Own Aesop;
The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls; and
Kate Greenaway's Calendar for 1884.

Each book reproduced in original size and binding method. Largest size: In Fairy Land by Richard Doyle (39x28cm). Smallest size: Diamonds and Toads (10x6cm).

Produced by Holp Shuppan Publishers, Tokyo 1981
Distributed by The Bodley Head, London.