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The Water-Babies

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Bibliophile edition, The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley, MAK Inv.nr. BI 20391

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Title

The Water-Babies
: a fairy tale for a Land-Baby (subtitle)

Collection

artists' books

Production

author: Charles Kingsley
printing plant: anonymous, 1910
design of cover: Katharine Cameron, United Kingdom
illustrator: Katharine Cameron, United Kingdom
publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack, England, 1910

Subject

Bookbinding, 20th Century

Material | Technique

Binding: calico,
Bindung: sewing ,
Binding: gold embossing,
Binding: hollow back,
illustration: printing block,
Buchblock: gilt edges

Measurements

height: 22.5 cm
width: 16.5 cm
depth: 4 cm

Inventory number

BI 20391

Acquisition

old holding

Department

Library and Works on Paper Collection

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