Antiquarian 1900 edition of Arthur Dixon’s The Water-Babies

A beautiful antiquarian volume, this 1900 edition of Arthur Dixon’s The Water-Babies (1863) was one of the most popular works of the Victorian period. Published by Ernest Nister, this edition boasts beautiful Art Nouveau illustrations, boasting six colour plates and seventy half-tone illustrations. With richly gilded edges and tooled gilt letters to the spine, this would have been pride of place in any nursery or child’s bedroom.

Price marked at $140 AUD.

Measurements: 16cm by 22cm, 3cm depth.

Condition Notes: Octavo, publisher's decorated green cloth, front hinge split but not fully detached, wear, rubbing and loss to gilt on cover. Some foxing and yellowing to pages as pictured; colour plates still crisp and vivid. Inscription in pencil within circa 1908.