The Marquis of Carabas' picture book
containing Puss in boots, Old Mother Hubbard, My mother, The forty thieves
by Walter Crane, Edmund Evans & Sarah Catherine Martin
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: JuvenilePrimary source
4 volumes in 1 (8; 8; 8; [8]) leaves : color illustrations ; 25 cm Cover title: The Marquis of Carabas, his picture book Date of publication from BLC Each story is separately paged Publisher's advertisement on t.p. verso Opie Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: brown cloth over boards with black & gold-stamped illustration. Printed on one side of leaf. Walter Crane - Spencer - p.45. Jo Ann Reisler. Vienna, va. Jan/95. $300.00. Aleph-Bet Books. Valley Cottage, N.Y. - 2001 - $875.00 Copy in Rare Books and Special Collections is a gift of Sheila Bourke
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.
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Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.
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- “Tales”· in subject
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Editions
3 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
containing Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, Valentine and Orson, the absurd ABC Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z | London (The Broadway, Ludgate) ; New York (416 Broome Street) : George Routledge and Sons | English | — | Public digitized item | |
Marquis of Carabas' picture book | 1874 | George Routledge and Sons | English | — | No ebook | |
containing Puss in boots, Old Mother Hubbard, My mother, The forty thieves Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1874 | George Routledge and Sons; London, England : George Routledge and Sons | English | — | Public |
Subjects
- Fairy tales
- England
- 19th century
- Specimens
- Juvenile poetry
- Dogs
- McGill University Library Digitized Title
- Cats
- Picture books for children
- Illustrated children's books
- Knights and knighthood
- London
- Nursery rhymes
- Alphabet books
- Alphabet rhymes
- English Nursery rhymes
- Nursery rhymes, English
- Sheila R. Bourke Collection
Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- Open Library work (alias)
Cataloged from
- Internet ArchiveMcGillLibrary-104381-365 (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivemarquisofcarabas00cran (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL24967106W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL408318W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
- Contributing institution: McGill University Library
- Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
- Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
- Scanner: scribe3.boston.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL24967106W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
- Retrieved

