Dimensions
130 x 180 x 20mm
This captivating image comes from the first edition of Scottish poet and anthropologist Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book.Compiled in 1901 by Lang, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford and published under the editorial direction of Lang's wife, Leonora Alleyne, the book was one in a twelve-part series known as Lang's Fairy Books.Each book in the series was named for the colour of its fairy. This Violet Fairy design reproduces the front cover of that book's first edition.
