1863 RED RIDING HOOD 1ed Color Children’s TOY Doll Book Prang Grimm’s Fairy Tale

1863 RED RIDING HOOD 1^ed Color Children’s TOY Doll Book Prang Grimm’s Fairy Tale

“Red Riding Hood,” designed and penned by Lydia L. Very, is a unique retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s classic fairy tale. In Very’s version, the tale is told in rhyme as a moral lesson on obedience, emphasizing the consequences of Red Riding Hood’s disobedience to her mother. This delightful children’s book features color illustrations that envelop the narrative across 16 pages, all bound with thread and housed in chromolithographed wrappers shaped like Red Riding Hood holding a basket with the wolf at her feet.

Pioneering the first die-cut children’s toy book in North America, this publication was one of the inaugural offerings from L. Prang and Co., a firm recognized for their 19th-century holiday cards and botanical prints. As part of a series including titles like “Robinson Crusoe” and “Cinderella,” the books could be purchased individually or as part of a boxed set.

Item number: #41496

Price: $499

VERY, Lydia L.

Red Riding Hood

Boston, Mass.: L. Prang and Co., [1863]. First Edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • 16 unnumbered chromolithographs
• Reference(s): The Chomolithographs of Louis Prang, McClinton pg. 45-46
  • “The tiny doll books are some of the most interesting and fascinating items Prang published.” (McClinton)
  • “…the style of these [toy] books originated with us.” – Louis Prang Catalogue, 1871 (McClinton)
• Language: English
• Binding: Softcover
• Size: ~6.75in X 2.5in (17cm x 6.5cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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