Gems of Fable

Breed, Butler & Co., 1861. First edition; 2 x 3; pp. [3], 4-96; lavishly embossed brown cloth; gilt title and decorations to front board and spine; corners and head and tail of spine rubbed; small spot to front cover; all page edges gilt; few spots and foxing to first and last free page, else clean; front cover re-attached with a thin strip of linen to inner hinge; overall good-/acceptable.A beautiful and quite uncommon miniature for which Robert E. Massmann - author, librarian, and publisher of miniature books - mentions in his article of September 1982 in 'Miniature Book News' the "outstanding rarity of the Breed, Butler imprints." The only copy in the trade.