Maclaren's The Fairy Family, With Burne-Jones's First Illustrations

[Maclaren, Archibald (ed.), and Edward Burne-Jones (illus.)], THE FAIRY FAMILY: A SERIES OF BALLADS & METRICAL TALES ILLUSTRATING THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY OF EUROPE (London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts, 1857).  First edition, 19 x 13cm (8vo), in publisher's dark green rib-grain cloth w/embossed design to covers & gilt decorations & title to spine, pale pink ep.s, [i-iii] iv-xv [xvi], [1-3] 4-283 [284] + tissue-guarded steel engraved frontis & prelim titlepage, & wood engraved tailpiece, all after Burne-Jones, [1] 2-4 (publ. adverts) pp.  Printed by Spottiswoode & Co., London.  With the pencil sig. & date (1880) of Agnes H. Haer to recto of frontis.  As in all copies examined, the pagination jumps from p.80 to p.[97]--but the text is nevertheless complete.  Binding Good (spine sunned [edges of covers less so], extremities sl. bumped & worn, & hinges starting); contents Very Good (a couple of sections sl. proud).  White 175-76, Reid 99 & 274, Osborne 37, Fredeman 92.1, Ray 182, de Beaumont 195, Goldman 305 (see also p.11).  (Inv. #588)  C$900 Home Page