Apr 14, 2005 - Sale 2038

Sale 2038 - Lot 83

Price Realized: $ 431
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
FIRST ISSUE OF A CLASSIC TALE ROSCOE, WILLIAM. The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. 14 engraved plates after William Mulready, contemporary amateur hand-coloring throughout. 16mo, original printed wrappers, light dampstaining and overall wear, some paper along spine worn away; custom cloth folding box. sold as is. London: Printed for John Harris, 1807

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first separately published edition, first issue of roscoe's famous poem.