WEIR’S WHIMSICAL WEASELS
[JUVENILE.]
The Weasel Family.
London, Edinburgh, and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, [1860s?]
Large 8vo, ff. [8], comprising eight large colour illustrations after Harrison William Weir, with verses below; some foxing, else a good copy in the original red illustrative paper wrappers, printed in black and gold; edges rubbed and chipped, short tear to front cover; contemporary ownership inscription of Aubrey J.D.L. Wilkinson to inner cover.
First edition, rare, of a rather charming Victorian picture-book, from ‘The Funny Animal Series’, later collected in Comical Creatures: a Picture Book for the Nursery (1867).
The illustrations, engraved by Vizetelly and Measom, are after designs by the prolific book illustrator Harrison William Weir (1824–1906), who was particularly noted for his natural history scenes and later produced the first guide to pedigree cats. Here, anthropomorphised weasels complain of toothache, draft invoices, and hunt rabbits with shotguns, or teach them sums in school.
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