R. CALDECOTT'S SECOND COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND SONGS.

London,: Frederick Warne and Co., , s.d. (ca. 1900).. In-16 gr. (mm. 198x230), album oblungo con pregevole legatura orig. telata, piatto anter. figurato in tinta e oro, di pp. complessive (4),216. Deliziosa raccolta di 9 piccole “storie” in versi per bambini, scritte ed illustrate dall'artista inglese Caldecott: “The Milkmaid. An old song exhibited & explained in many designs by R. Caldecott - Hey Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting - The fox jumps over the Parson's Gate - A frog he would a-wooing Go - Come Lasses and Lads - Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross - A Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare - An Elegy on the glory of her sex Mrs. Mary Blaize. by Dr. Oliver Goldsmith - The Great Panjandrum Himself”.Ogni piccola “storia”, di pp. 24, è illustrata da disegni al tratto in b.n. e da 6 affascinanti tavole a colori. Cfr. Benezit,III, p. 117: “Randolph Caldecott (1848 ou 1848-1886), peintre de sujets de chasse, aquarellliste, dessinateur, illustrateur.. à partir de 1872 commença à travailler à Londres pour des journaux illustrés.. On lui doit aussi, pour des livres d'enfants, des sujets fantastiques, traités avec beaucoup de verve” - Percy Muir “English Children's Books”, p. 199-200: “Caldecott's toy books are undated.. All were first published by Routledge (fra il 1878 e il 1885).Esemplare molto ben conservato, con dedica ms. all'occhietto datata 1902. .