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The Visual Art and Design of Famous Writers, Part 2

By Steven Brower via PrintMag (from the archives)

https://www.printmag.com/illustration-design/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers-part-2/

Part 1 is available here:
https://www.printmag.com/design-books/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers/

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This is the title page from Edward Lear's "A Book of Nonsense," published in Boston by Roberts Brothers in 1894. The page features clean, elegant typography with the title prominently displayed at the top.
Below the title and author attribution is the subtitle "WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL PICTURES AND VERSES" in italics.

The centerpiece is one of Lear's characteristic whimsical illustrations showing a rotund gentleman (the "Old Derry down Derry") surrounded by cheerful children and other figures who appear to be dancing or celebrating. The drawing is done in Lear's distinctive simple line-art style, full of energy and movement.

Beneath the illustration is a limerick that reads:
"There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry;
So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shook
At the fun of that Derry down Derry."

The publication information at the bottom shows this is an American edition from Roberts Brothers, a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13646/13646-h/images/bookcovers/book1.gif

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