The rose bud
Subtitle: a Christian gift to the young.
Contributors: Kronheim & Co.; Religious Tract Society (Great Britain); Richard Clay (Firm)
Publisher: Religious Tract Society
Published: 1853
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.; Christian life -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

T.p. printed within decorative wood-engraved floral border with signature: [WI?].

Plates are colour wood engravings produced using the "Baxter Process", with areas and lines that are printed with an intaglio metal plate

All plates are unsigned but with imprints: "J. M. Kronheim & Co." and "London". All are with captions.

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  One is with signature: "TA".

With wood-engraved decorative tail-pieces.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at end.

MASS copy: Bound in blue sand-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  With pale yellow glazed endpapers.  With remnants of pale yellow binder's ticket printed in black.