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Lot 119
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$576
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Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] Some Funny Freaks with Serio Comic Tweaks for the Study of Little Boys & Girls
No place, no date (presumably England, ca. 1860s). 8vo. Original manuscript, comprising nine sheets with 16 mounted ink and watercolor illustrations, and 14 mounted sheets with manuscript verses. Original limp stab-sewn wrappers, front wrapper with ink and watercolor illustration and text, edges worn; light soiling to leaves.
A unique manuscript album of eight nursery rhymes, including "Tom Tozer," "Meddlesome Matty" (by Ann Taylor), "The Mishap of 'Dick Brag'," "The vulgar little Lady" (by Jane Taylor), "Simple Simon," "Charley Jones," "Timothy Bilberry," and "The Disobedient Little Girl".


