The peacock at home, by Mrs. Dorset (sister of the late Mrs. Charlotte Smith.) ; illustrated and illuminated by her grand niece, Mrs. W. Warde

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The instance The peacock at home, by Mrs. Dorset (sister of the late Mrs. Charlotte Smith.) ; illustrated and illuminated by her grand niece, Mrs. W. Warde represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.

Label

The peacock at home, by Mrs. Dorset (sister of the late Mrs. Charlotte Smith.) ; illustrated and illuminated by her grand niece, Mrs. W. Warde

Statement of responsibility

by Mrs. Dorset (sister of the late Mrs. Charlotte Smith.) ; illustrated and illuminated by her grand niece, Mrs. W. Warde

Instantiates

• The peacock at home

Publication

• London, Joseph Cundall, 12, Old Bond Street, 1849

Note

• Text within color illustrated borders, in imitation of an illuminated manuscript
• A sequel to William Roscoe's The butterfly's ball

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

[12] leaves

Note

• Spec. Coll. copy 1 = Initials on leaf [2] are not illuminated. Quarter blue cloth and blue glazed paper over boards, blocked in gold; all edges gilt. Inscription in ink at head of t.p.: From Mrs. Towers Smith to Letitia C. Brooke. Ex libris Olive Percival. Loose in boards.
• Spec. Coll. copy 2 = Initials on leaf [2] are illuminated. Quarter blue cloth and blue glazed paper over boards, blocked in gold; all edges gilt. Leaves [2-9] detached.

Other physical details

col. ill.

Record ID

1244423

System control number

• (OCoLC)13651869
• ucoclc13651869