Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1881. Cloth. Good Only. 7" by 5". Kate Greenaway; Edmund Evans. A charmingly illustrated collection of nursery rhymes from Kate Greenaway and Edmund Evans. With colour illustrations to each page. The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one rhyme, and is generally depicted as an elderly country woman in a tall hat and shawl, a costume identical to the peasant costume worn in Wales in the early 20th century. Collected and illustrated by Kate (Catherine) Greenaway, an English Victorian artist and writer known for her book illustrations. Printed by Edmund Evans, an English wood-engraver and colour printer of the Victorian era. Rebacked with the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound with the odd page loosening. Pages are bright with the odd handling mark or spot. The odd small closed tear or crease to the extremities. Sympathetic repairs made with tape between pages 32 and 33, 46 and 47, as well as 48 to the endpaper. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1881. Good Only