Pretty Dog silly rhymes Uncle Cefil 1865 McLoughlin color woodcut juvenile book Hainaut 93 full page wood engraved

93 full page wood engraved plates

Profusely illustrated throughout with color images

15 3/8" H x 11 3/4" W

Illustrated with 4 large 1795 Kitchin engraved folding maps

Each is meant to be cut out and constructed into a framed image for hanging

Pretty Dog silly rhymes Uncle Cefil 1865 McLoughlin color woodcut juvenile book Hainaut 93 full page wood engravedPretty Dog and Other Rhymes. Uncle Cefils series. Published NY, John McLoughlin, 1865. 12 pp. counting covers. Paper spine crease has split, rendering 6 loose leaves disbound. Quite clean however. This is what a much loved and well read handled 19th century juvenile looks like. The survival rate of 19th century color paper juvenile books such as this is very low, a minuscule percentage (almost certainly under 10% in most cases, probably 1 5% of half