The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales, London: R. Amey, 1746, 12°, FIRST EDITION, xii + 144pp., half title, one folding map (some browning and spotting), 19th-century calf with gilt crest of a horse's head to covers, gilt inner dentelles (rebacked with old spine relaid, new lettering-piece).

细节

The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales, London: R. Amey, 1746, 12°, FIRST EDITION, xii + 144pp., half title, one folding map (some browning and spotting), 19th-century calf with gilt crest of a horse's head to covers, gilt inner dentelles (rebacked with old spine relaid, new lettering-piece).

拍品专文

Not strictly a children's book, but a work celebrated for its use of a children's character as a pseudonym. In this copy the dedication to "Prince William Henry the least son of Frederick, Prince of Wales" has been misbound between pp. viii and ix.