Gleeson White, editor. An Illustrated Gift Book for Boys and Girls. Cover and end-papers designed by Paul Woodroffe. London, H. Henry and Co. Limited, 1897.
The interior illustrations were done by a variety of artists and I’ve put a few of them below the fold for anyone who’s interested.
Title page. The Frog Princess. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley
The Cat Cinderella, illustrated by L. de Montmorency
Dear Little Bird. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
A Voyage to Fairyland, illustrated by Alfred Jones
via: The Internet Archive
Those are stunning! The cover, especially!
Interesting to have such different drawing styles in the one book.
Marcus
The cover is gorgeous. I like the gold on white look -- it’s reminiscent of Beardsley’s Morte D’Arthur (which I’m saving for now)
Jazzlet,
The different styles of drawing are really interesting. Most books of this period have a single illustrator.