The basket of flowers
Subtitle: or, Piety and truth triumphant
By: translated from the original German edition ; with numerous coloured illustrations.
Contributors: Ralston, William, 1841-1911; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (printer); W.H. Smith & Son.
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.; Scribner, Welford, & Co.
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: Piety and truth triumphant; Basket of flowers :
Work titles: Blumenkörbchen
Notes: Date based on form of publisher's name Cf. Topp, Chester W.  Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. IV, 1999.

An anonymous translation of "Das Blumenkörbchen" attributed to Johann Christoph von Schmid.  Cf. St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, v. 1.

T.p. and text printed within thin black rule border.

Publisher's device printed on t.p.

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  A few are with signature: "JS".

Some of the same illustrations were also used in an edition of this title published in [1871] by Frederick Warne and Co.  See McLean D 0981.

St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. 1, p. 296-297.

MASS copy: Bound in green pebble-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind.  Upper cover blocked in gold with title and decorative border design with signature: "WR" [possibly William Ralston, Cf. Gregory V. Jones and Jane E. Brown. "Victorian binding designer WR" in The Book Collector, Summer 2003].  Spine with imprint: "Warne & Co.".  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With brown painted endpapers.  With embossed stamp: "W. H. Smith & Son  186 Strand  London".  With presentation inscription dated 1872.