Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats :
a humorous tale /
written principally by a lady of ninety ; edited, with additonal verses, by John Ruskin ... and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway ; with twenty-two woodcuts.

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Related Names

Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852
Pearson, Mrs.

Language(s)

English

Published

Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent : George Allen, 1885.

Subjects

Children's poetry, English.
Stories in rhyme > Stories in rhyme / Juvenile fiction.
Nursery rhymes.
Human-animal relationships > Human-animal relationships / Juvenile poetry.
Wit and humor, Juvenile > Wit and humor, Juvenile / Juvenile poetry.
Cats > Cats / Juvenile poetry.
Poems.
Juvenile literature.

Summary

Relates in rhyme the clever, kind, and comical deeds of a woman's seven cats.

Note

Reddish brown cloth binding. Gilt tile and illustration on front cover. White endpapers. Red speckled edges.
Printed on one side of leaf only, printed leaves facing each other.
Ascribed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson.-- Consult The works of John Ruskin / edited by E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn, volume 2, page 526.
With reproduction of original title page: ... Embellished with eighteen coloured engravings. London : Printed for A.K. Newman & Co. Leadenhall-Street, 1823.

Physical Description

iv pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 20 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

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