£400.00
Printed for J Harris, Successor to E Newbery at the original Juvenile Library, the corner of St Paul’s church-yard. Printed by E.Bryer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars,12mo. Bound in original blue printed wrapper with text and a small wood engraved vignette of a Peacock. On the verso are publisher adverts for ‘The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast’. Sewn Binding. 16 pages Illustrated with 6 elegant full-page engravings printed on one side only. Covers are rubbed, worn and chipped with old crease marks. Some of the engravings have light water stains; there is some light off setting to pages facing the engravings and the odd a page has some marks, otherwise a nice copy.
Size: 128x 108mm [5 x 4.25 Inches]
‘The Peacock at Home’ became one of the most successful imitations of William Roscoe’s Butterfly’s Ball, and was frequently reissued until the 1840s.
Publisher: J Harris, Successor to E Newbery,
Date: 1807
Place: London
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Book ID: 60004233
