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Heading: (Photo-Illustration - Children's Books) Author: Bartlett, Mrs. N. Gray Title: Mother Goose of '93 Place Published: Boston Publisher:Joseph Knight Company Date Published: 1893 Description: 10 photogravure plates on tissue tipped to the heavier textblock stock; the illustrations are of children in costume re-enacting Mother Goose rhymes. Title page and Introduction have photo vignettes. 23.5x28 cm (9¼x11"), duotone cloth with silver decorative stamping and floral patterned cloth-covered boards. First Edition. During the late 19th century, photographically illustrated children's books were a popular form of expression among photographers and meant primarily for keepsake mementos. The present work was produced for sale at the Columbia Exposition of 1893.