Poems and pictures
Subtitle: a collection of ballads, songs and other poems
By: illustrated by English artists.
Contributors: Dudley, Robert, fl. 1857-1893; Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890; Creswick, Thomas, 1811-1869; Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903; Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888; Selous, Henry Courtney, 1803-1890; Franklin, John, fl. 1800-1861; Pickersgill, Frederick Richard, 1820-1900; Weigall, Charles Harvey, 1794-1877; Topham, Francis William, 1808-1877; Archer, John Wykeham, 1808-1864; Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905; Dodgson, G. 1811-1880; Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882; Linton, W. J. 1812-1897; Dalziel, George, 1815-1902; Mason, W. G. fl. 1842-1857; Bastin, J. fl. 1840s; Nicholls, G. P. fl. 1841-1887; Richard Clay (Firm); Leighton, Son and Hodge
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Sampson Low, Son & Co.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: English poetry.; Gift books -- Specimens
Genres: Specimens
Notes: First published in 1846 by J. Burns.

Added wood-engraved t.p.

Text and illustrations printed within rustic-style and floral decorative borders.

Printer's device on p. [1] at end.

Includes works by Burns, Coleridge, Sir W. Scott, Cowper, Longfellow, Keats and Bryant.

Illustrations by C. W. Cope, W. Dyce, T. Creswick, J. C. Horsley, R. Redgrave, H. C. Selous, J. Franklin, H. J. Townsend, F. R. Pickersgill, J. Tenniel, Jun., C. H. Weigall, F. W. Topham, J. W. Archer, E. Corbould, G. Dodgson, E. Duncan and W. C. Thomas.

Illustrations engraved by W. J. Linton, J. Thompson, C. Gray, H. L. Clark, W. C. Blanchard, T. Armstrong, J. & T. Thompson, C. Dalziel [sic], F. Branston, W. Green, G. Dalziel, W. G. Mason, J. Bastin and G. P. Nicholls.

RBSC copy: Binding designed by Robert Dudley.

MASS copy 1: Bound in green morocco blocked in blind and with the spine titling blocked in gold.  Board edges and turn-ins tooled in blind; a.e.g.  With marbled endpapers and with bookseller's label: "S. & T. Gilbert,  Booksellers,  4,Copthall Buildings,  Back of the Bank".  With presentation inscription dated 1864.

MASS copy 2: Bound in green morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  With a central sunken rectangular panel design on the front cover set with a paper onlay chromolithographed with an illustrated title signed "RD" [i.e. Robert Dudley].  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With presentation inscription dated 1862.    With binder's ticket: "Bound  by  Leighton  Son and  Hodge.".  With later bookplate: "Ex Libris Fianach Jardine".

MASS copy 3: Bound in yellow morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold, with red paper onlay borders blocked in gold.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With binder's ticket: "Bound  by  Leighton  Son and  Hodge.".