The Pentamerone, or, The story of stories, . fun for the little ones. By Giambattista Basile. Translated from the Neapolitan by John Edward Taylor. With illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Giambattista Basile (1575-1632)
Category
Books
Date
1848
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3065830
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,iii-iv,404p.,plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Ms. on flyleaf: 'Wadham Pi[?] Platt from Aunt [?] 10th April/ 1848'. Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Publisher's cloth.
Makers and roles
Giambattista Basile (1575-1632) George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878) John Edward Taylor (fl.1840-1855)