Printed Ephemera — 1819-1836
Holiday Gift
Volume entitled 'Holiday-Gift: an entire new collection of riddles, charades, enigmas, rebuses and conundrums written purposely for the juvenile world Printed by W. Lews, 21 Finch Lane, Cornhill for T. Hughes, 35 Ludgate Street. Price sixpence'. Title details printed on front of paper brown cover together with an illustration of a pony and trap. Book has 36 printed pages with a number of black and white illustrations. Frontispiece comprising a coloured illustration entitled 'Town & Country riddles'. The inner page features a red sticker that reads: Sold by Needham Booksellers'. The book tells an assortment of riddles and conundrums etc. with answers at the end.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 52.35/16
- Object name:
- Holiday Gift
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Hughes, T., Lewis, W.
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- Production date:
- 1819-1836
- Material:
paper, ink, natural fibre (unidentified)
- Measurements/duration:
- H 135 mm, W 87 mm, D 4 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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