1875 Scarce First Edition - BARON BRUNO, or, The Unbelieving Philosopher and other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan.
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Author: Louisa Morgan. (Randolph Caldecott, illustrator).
Title: BARON BRUNO; or, The Unbelieving Philosopher., And other Fairy Stories. With illustrations by R. Caldecott.
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1875. First edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: 259 pages + (32) publisher's catalogue.
Binding: Attractive, and very goodvoriginal decorated full blue cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, small binder (Burn &Co.) stamp on the last endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the title vignette, the frontispiece and the 6 full-page illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.
The book: Scarce First Edition of BARON BRUNO; or, The Unbelieving Philosopher., And other Fairy Stories illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Other Fairy tales included are: Esgair: The Bride of Llyn Idwyl, Eothwald: The Young Sculptor, Fido and Fidunia, Eudaemon; or, The Enchanter of the North.
The illustrator: Randolph Caldecott (22 March 1846 – 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognized by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced the illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years.