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In Fairyland--A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World

Author: William Allingham (English, 1824–1889)
Illustrated by: Richard Doyle (English, 1824–1883)
Engraved by: Edmund Evans (English, 1826–1905)
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company (American, 19th century)
1870
Place of Publication: New York, New York, United States

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 10 [of 16] leaves of color wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 38.7 x 28.2 x 1.8 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The Gift of Mrs. F. E. Donaldson Jr.
Accession Number55.512
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1870

Catalogue Raisonné Ray, Illustrator and Book in England, 146
Description(New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1870) Folio; [8], 31 pp., 10 [of 16] leaves of plates ; original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth boards (cream-colored phase box).

Illustrations of elves and fairies. First U.S. edition, the same year as the first British. The color wood engravings after Doyle's drawings were cut by Edmund Evans. The publisher's binding carries a motif by Doyle on the upper cover.

This copy lacks 6 of the 16 plates. The MFA owns a copy of the second edition (London: 1875) in the Hartley Collection, which contains all the plates.
ProvenanceMrs. F. E. Donaldson, Jr., by whom given to the MFA, September 15, 1955.