Frau Mundi zu Hause, Walter Crane, 1875, 1. Auflage
Mrs Mundi At Home (R.S.V.P.) Lines and Outlines by Walter Crane Marcus Ward & Co, Belfast, undated, 1875, 1st edition. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrated title page & 24 large plates printed in brown lines on a cream background. All pages on heavy paper printed on one side of paper . 1st ed, 1st printing, unusual stab stitched binding. Subsequent eds issued in more conventional green cloth binding. Plates interleaved with verses of a satirical poem by Walter Crane - Mrs Mundi invites a host of mythical personages to a ball; Grandmother Earth, Sol, Wildfire, the Seasons, Perseus, Andromeda, Brittania and Germania, to name but a few. An unusual Crane title, rare 1st edition. 24cm, 9.5 in, tall, by 40.5cm, 14 in, wide, title page, 24 plates and 24 text pages interleaved.
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