THE ROSE AND THE RING. With the Marginal Glosses by Michael Angelo Titmarsh and the Illustrations Drawn by Fritz Kredel with the Considerable Assistance of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh

First edition thus. Illustrated throughout with charming drawings by Fritz Kredel after many originals by Thackeray himself. 4to, publisher's original white cloth, pictorially decorated in colours with a vignette of an angel carrying a rose and ring on the upper cover, lettered in blue and with decorations in red and yellow on the spine, and housed in the publisher's blue slipcase with printed label. xiii, 119 pp. The book is in very fine condition, as pristine. The slipcase is very good with some fading and light edgewear.

Edizione: first of the edition, a very fine copy. thackeray made the drawings for the ring and the rose during christmas of 1853. he wrote the story around the drawings, a mock-heroic fairy tale.a humourous fairy tale. it turns upon the possession of a magic rose and a magic ring, which have the property of making their owners appear beautiful. it deals with the adventures of prince gigllio, who has been ousted from the throne by his uncle. it dealw with gigllio's rivalry for the hand, first of the princess angelica and then of her maid betsinda. a pleasing book to be read and a pleasing book for the eye.7